Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion.
Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.
Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.
If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.
The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books.
I've found a more personal, pagan kind of religion to satisfy the spiritual side of things.
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds.
You could say people are living longer because of the decline in religion. Not many people believe in the hereafter, so they keep going.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.
Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation.
Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.
Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.