The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
Quotations
Religion
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Hatred and contempt, be it for a thing or a person, has no place in the 'Hindu'
religion... Whereas these so-called Hindu saints are building number of ashrams
by inculcating the unnecessary feeling of 'sinfulness' in you. What kind of Hindu
are you and what kind of saints are these?
-Deep Trivedi
Why did the intelligent people of the world lose interest in religion? Because
instead of the talks and teachings of Buddha, Jesus and Krishna, they were
presented with the Bible and Vedas concocted by the religious gurus.
-Deep Trivedi
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
-Seneca the Younger "Seneca the Younger"
Religion is based primarily and mainly upon fear.
-Bertrand Russell
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
-Thomas Jefferson
Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.
-George Carlin
What is religion?
It is compassion for all things which have life.
-Hitopadesa "Hitopadesa"
I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
-Albert Einstein
