Character Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

— Anonymous

Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite…

— Philip Pullman

“Religions of hope and love are a luxury of security and order; the need for striking fear into a subject or rebellious people made…

— Will Durant

“Religion comforts us for the defeat of our will to power. It adds new worlds to ours, and thus brings us hope of new…

— Emil Cioran

True religion being the greatest thing in life and in the world, has been exploited the most.

— Mahatma Gandhi

True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.

— Erwin McManus

“To some people return to religion is the answer, not as an act of faith but in order to escape an intolerable doubt; they…

— Erich Fromm

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Religion fosters servility and solipsism.

— Christopher Hitchens

Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature.... This conquering of the inner man,…

— Swami Vivekananda

Religion is not a nice thing. It is potentially a very dangerous thing because it involves a heady complex of emotions, desires, yearnings and…

— Karen Armstrong