Quotes by Religion The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof. Ashley Montagu science believe religion That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself. Aubrey Menen atheist religion thinking Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience. August Strindberg punishment doe religion Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them. Augustus Hare circumstances men religion Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way. Aung San Suu Kyi opportunity people religion Religion is more like a response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert. Austin Farrer obedience experts religion We use religion like a trolley-car--we ride on it only while it is going our way. Austin O'Malley car use religion The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion. Where there is no injustice of caste, of race, of family, of wealth. Avery Brundage movement race religion The real problem is not the religion itself, but its insistence that the interpretation it offers of the world is the only valid interpretation. Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal real world religion Religion is an edifice built upon the dream of a beautiful world... Pity the dreamers are rarely builders. Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal dream beautiful religion Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration. Ayn Rand lines defense religion If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. Ayn Rand men civilization religion The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind Ayn Rand cutting mind religion There has never been a philosophy, a theory or a doctrine, that attacked (or 'limited') reason, which did not preach submission to the power of some authority. Ayn Rand doctrine philosophy religion Faith is the wors curse of mankind, as the exact antithesis and enemy of thought. Ayn Rand mankind enemy religion to rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to offer. Ayn Rand mean enemy religion Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice. Ayn Rand choices men religion For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging you for consolation and relief, by forbidding all the virtues that make existence possible, then riding on the shoulders of your guilt, by declaring production and joy to be sins, then collecting blackmail from the sinners. Ayn Rand running joy religion This god, this one word: I. Ayn Rand anthem one-word religion The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder. B. C. Forbes ships men religion «56789101112131415»