There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Quotations
Religion
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
-Oscar Wilde
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
-Issac Asimov
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
-Seneca the Younger "Seneca the Younger"
'Yes' is theism and 'No' is atheism. In life the number of things that you have firmly
abstained from...shows how irreligious you are. The meaning of irreligiousness
itself is the denial of God's creations.
-Deep Trivedi
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.
-Lenny Bruce
Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know—the Church does neither.
-Robert G. Ingersoll
Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.
-José Saramago
"Death with Interruptions"
Those who are ignorant of the supreme purpose of life will never be able to attain nirvana (liberation) in spite of their observance of the vratas (vows) and niyamas (rules) of religious conduct and practice of shila (celibacy) and tapas (penance).
-Scriptures "Samayasara, 153"
Religion is based primarily and mainly upon fear.
-Bertrand Russell
