Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we're small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
All religions have been made by men.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life.
Religion and slavery are incompatible.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.
The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.
“Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion”
“Vision is the end of religion.”
THE WORD OF GOD IS THE CREATION WE BEHOLD.
It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.
The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.