Religion is among the most beautiful and most natural of all things - that religion which 'sees God in clouds and hears Him in the wind,' which endows every object of sense with a living soul, which finds in the system of nature whatever is holy, mysterious and venerable, and inspires the bosom with sentiments of awe and veneration.

A political party cannot have a religion. Only individuals can. Otherwise, you'd be exploiting religion, and religion is so supreme that it cannot be exploited or taken advantage of.

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

We want to lead normal lives, lives where our religion and our traditions translate into tolerance, so that we coexist with the world and become part of the development of the world.

I cannot live on myths; somehow, science convinces me more easily. I am prone to lean towards science, ethics, and philosophy rather than myth, religion, and rituals.

The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.

Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.

I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society.

You can believe what you want religiously. Religion is one thing, but science, provable science, is something else.

I really believe in science. It is a faith. It is a reverence akin to religion. But as we always say, it's different from religion in that, as near as we can tell, it exists outside of us. It has an objective quality, the process of science.

Only a god can save us.

If everyone's on the same page, doesn't matter what race, what background, what religion you are, if everyone comes together like a good, solid football team, baseball team... that's how you win games. It's easy.

In a sense, terrorism blossomed in the advent of television. Television promotes terrorism in religion and in politics.

The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity.

Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.

I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.

One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.

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

I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.

Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.

You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.

The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

Monotheism makes me grouchy. I don't trust any religion that makes God look like one of the ruling class. I guess I'm a pagan or an animist.

Toleration is the best religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that.

Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'

I believe that your religion should be between you and whoever your belief is in.

But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand.

The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.

We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam.

As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution.

Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.

We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

Religion is compulsory in English schools, you know.

I don't think Romney is wacky at all, but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things. Left on his own, Romney would never have said something like the Garden Of Eden was in Missouri, and will be again.