Religion Quote by Robert Wright

Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.

— Tariq Ali

This is what self-centered religion does to us: it allows us to use it to further our own ends.

— John Irving

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

— Alexis Carrel

“Religion can thus be defined as a system of human norms and values that is founded on a belief in a superhuman order.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great extent solitary; hence the need of religion and morality…

— Bertrand Russell

Religion is what the individual does with his own solitariness.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Religion is ... the most pernicious single influence in human society, without one redeeming feature.

— Theodore Schroeder

Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they…

— Hosea Ballou

Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.

— Benito Mussolini

“Not only is religion thriving, but it is thriving because it helps people to adapt and survive in the world. In his book Darwin's…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

— Victoria Jackson

“Religion is not the place where the problem of man’s egotism is automatically solved. Rather, it is there that the ultimate battle between human…

— Timothy J. Keller