I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.
Herbert ReadSince the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.
Jonathan SacksI do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people.
Ken LivingstoneReligion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelBut let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.
Liam NeesonIt's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.
Madeleine AlbrightThe true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
Matthew ArnoldEradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.
Martin ScorseseYou know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
Natalie PortmanThe more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
Richard Burton