Quotes About Philosophy

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

The very idea that we get a moral compass from religion is horrible. Not only should we not get our moral compass from religion, as a matter of fact we don't.

Real religion is no religion at all.

I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.

Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept.

I'm an atheist. I don't have a religion.

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

If God existed, and if He cared for humankind, He would never have given us religion.

Communism was meant to be an alternative religion.

Golf was never a religion to me.

I've dabbled in several different religions.

Religions get lost as people do.

As an atheist, I think there are lots of things religions get up to which are of value to non-believers - and one of those things is trying to be a bit better than we normally manage to be.

I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions - Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism. But my belief is not having any beliefs.

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.

Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different.

Study up on the Eastern religions. They're the only ones that are realistic. There's no answer, see.

Of all the religions, I am most partial to Buddhism.

All religions are, in some basic sense, irrational.

I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate.

All organized religions are basically the same.

I am a believer in god, but I have not restricted myself to one religion. I have experienced many religions.