All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say read more

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform read more

The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense that we respect his theory that his wife read more

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and read more

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm

For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.