Padma Lakshmi Quotes

Oh, I don't talk about God.

I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.

I don't think you need religion.

I could never take the idea of religion very seriously.

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion.

I pray in my own way, not regularly, and I wouldn't say structured prayers. What I'm praying to I'm not sure. I'd be a firm agnostic.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.

Organized belief in spirituality - that's what a religion is.

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

I would say I have a complicated relationship with institutionalized religion.

Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion.

I am a religious person and rely heavily on prayers.

Religion has nothing to do with spirituality.

I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.

What does that mean - you're religious? Everybody is religious.

There's something called religion, and it was invented a long time ago by people who felt very out of control with their lives, who didn't know... why the sun always rose over the mountains.

Everybody has their thing that they're truthful about. My thing is just a love of God... so that's what I'm going to do.

I'm not religious, but I understand the need for faith and hope.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

Religion, oh, just another of those numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art.