Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe.
Far from being hostile to religion is capable of rendering religion important services.
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.
To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.
In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.
Every religion there's something foul going on.
I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion.
I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families.
Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists.