Character Quote by Philip Kitcher

Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection. It affirms that the spiritual development of the human race cannot be prematurely cut…

— Felix Adler

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

— Allen Tate

“What I was referring to was not religion as such, but a special category of abstractions, the most exalted one, which, for centuries, had…

— Ayn Rand

Religion is an attempt, a noble attempt, to suggest in human terms more-than-human realities.

— Christopher Morley

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in…

— Felix Adler

Religion is ethics heightened, enkindled, lit up by feeling

— Matthew Arnold

Religion is a practical discipline and it's one that we have always done, ever since humanity appeared on the scene when Homo sapiens became…

— Karen Armstrong

Like art, religion is an imaginative and creative effort to find a meaning and value in human life.

— Karen Armstrong

Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective superstructure, but…

— Bhikkhu Bodhi

In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.

— F. Sionil Jose

Where no guiding ideals are left to point the way, the scale of values disappears and with it the meaning of our deeds and…

— Werner Heisenberg

“Religion deals with the highest levels of meaning. As a result, it can interpret each life or each event in a context that runs…

— Roy F. Baumeister