To die for religion is easier than to live it absolutely.
-Jorge Luis Borges
Quotations
Religion
One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding.
-Richard Dawkins
The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.
-Dalai Lama Xiv
Religion in fact is not knowledge, but a faith and aspiration.
-Sri Aurobindo
I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.
-Philip Pullman
What is religion?
It is compassion for all things which have life.
-Hitopadesa "Hitopadesa"
Religion is just mind control.
-George Carlin
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
-Issac Asimov
I want Jesus to come back and say 'THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT!'
-Margaret Cho
Other than our 'mind', what is it that we have, which we can call our own?
Everything else is gifted by nature and made usable by science. At the same
time, if you talk of joy of mind, it lies in "art". But then it is difficult to understand
that in this process, where do we feel the need for these 'so-called religions'?
-Deep Trivedi
