Religion Quotes

"Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world, which we have developed inside us as a result of biological and psychological necessities." "Religion is a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality." "Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion." "Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires." "If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever." "God has given you one face, and you make yourself another." "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." "I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed." "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." "If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god." "Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope." "Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish." "My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind." "You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend" "I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control." "We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon" "Religion is the opium of the masses." "Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ" "To you, I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition" "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."