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The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

Of all possible sexual perversions, religion is the only one to have ever been scientifically systematized.

Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.

There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.

After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful.

Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion.

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.

The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.

Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion.

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.

That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.

India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.

Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty of thought and of worship must be allowed to the individual in his approach to the Infinite.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian.

Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.