All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.

We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.

Prayer is a turning to God.

He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down; but he is strong who witholdeth himself from anger

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

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

One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

Split a piece of wood and I am there.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

Whoever loves to meet God, God loves to meet him.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.

Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.