True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.

The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity.

People respect nonfiction but they read novels.

I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.