Faith, Spirituality and Religion

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 what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich.

I have ... a terrible need ... shall I say the word? ... of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain.

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

God has no religion.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion.

If you want to see what God thinks of money, just look at all the people He gave it to.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep the truth is that they are not even shallow.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god but who knows my god?

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?