Quotes about Religion
God is not with me, God is not with me, and I am helpless. I am more like an animal than a human being.
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn`t there.
The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean - make sure they know what they mean!
In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that`s a really good argument; my position is mistaken", and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn`t happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
The definition of faith: acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call.
People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn`t require religion at all.
The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.