Daron Malakian Quotes

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

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.

I'm against organised religion of any kind.

One person's religion is another person's cult.

The moment religion organizes into a specific creed it becomes a political force. From Moses down to Brigham Young, every creed-founder has been a Statebuilder.

I'm not really a fan of organized religion.

Religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed, and it is no longer Catholic, that is to say, Universal.

There is nothing as potentially polarizing as religion.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

Organized religion: the world's largest pyramid scheme.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

Religion is the root of so much misery in the world, and I've always thought there is lack of criticism against it.

I don't really like the word 'religion.' To me, that's like rules and regulations and paying money to send up prayers. That kind of all weirds me out, honestly.

I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

I'm very interested in religion as something to study, but I'm not a religious person in the slightest.

You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.

I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

God save us from religion.

Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself.

Religion has caused more misery to all men in every stage of human history than any other single idea.