Being human Quote by Robert Winston

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

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not so much to be a lasting acquisition, as a…

— Sigmund Freud

Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world which we have…

— Sigmund Freud

One form of religion perpetually gives way to another; if religion did not change it would be dead. ... Each time the new ideas…

— Edith Hamilton

“If religion addresses a genuine sphere of understanding and human necessity, then it should be susceptible to progress; its doctrines should become more useful,…

— Sam Harris

“Religion is the archrival of intimate spirituality…Religion, a tiresome system of manmade dos and don’ts, woulds and shoulds – impotent to change human lives…

— Douglas Banister

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.

— Sigmund Freud

Religion belonged to the infancy of humanity. Now that humanity had come of age, it should be left behind.

— Sigmund Freud

“Religions are metaphorical systems that give us bigger containers in which to hold our lives. A spiritual life allows us to move beyond the…

— Mary Bray Pipher

Religion is something that gets hammered in early, and never really goes away. And has powers to move which go beyond anything rational.

— Glen Cook

There is no longer any religion when there is no longer any privileged religion. Take from religion its exclusive power and it will no…

— Bruno Bauer

All people have religions. It's like we have religion receptors built into our brain cells, or something, and we'll latch onto anything that'll fill…

— Neal Stephenson