Always Quote by Tariq Ali

All religions begin with a revolt against morality, and perish when morality conquers them.

— George Bernard Shaw

“It may seem seem cynical to see all religion as basically self-serving, and indeed the idea has been put pithily by a famous cynic.…

— Robert Wright

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

— John Irving

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

If anyone gets arrogant about their religion, that's when the religion isn't effective anymore. Any decent religion or any decent philosophy is always about…

— Liam Cunningham

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“...evil is not always opposed to religion. Indeed, when evil appropriates the ideals and institutions of religion, the results are far more damaging than…

— Bill Ellis

Religion gets in the way of morality.

— Kim Campbell

Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.

— J. C. Ryle

“Greedy people and power brokers mixing religion and politics to find advantage, trying to exploit good to build strength for themselves.”

— D.C. Macey

Let us be done with the notion that religion is confined to petty pieties and small constraints. All too often people who have possessed…

— A. Powell Davies

When people unfortunately use religion to facilitate their envy, arrogance and hate, communalism surfaces.

— Radhanath Swami