Others on Religion

Karl Marx

5 quotes

He freed man from outer religiosity because he made religiosity the inner man. He freed the body from chains because he...”

Umberto Eco

2 quotes

People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.”

G.K. Chesterton

2 quotes

The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god.”

Mahatma Gandhi

2 quotes

In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals.”

Napoleon

2 quotes

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”

Thomas Paine

2 quotes

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions est...”

Joseph Campbell

1 quote

Myth is what we call other people's religion.”

Robert Heinlein

1 quote

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.”

Émile Durkheim

1 quote

If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religi...”

Robert M. Pirsig

1 quote

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a R...”

Francis Bacon

1 quote

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

Voltaire

1 quote

In the beginning God created man in His own image, and man has been trying to repay the favor ever since.”