I respect religion and will respect any religion.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they... →
Aristotle
Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal... →
Karen Armstrong
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to... →
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to... →
Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that... →
I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.
Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we... →
When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion... →
After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw... →