The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.

Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.

It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so.

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.

Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.

Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.