Lawrence M. Krauss Quotes

Morality may exist in an atheist without any religion, and in a theist with a religion quite unspiritual.

Conscience is better served by a myth.

The bottom line is we are trying to do what's right. We don't just say we believe in God - we have active relationships with God.

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.

Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.

They don't subscribe to our sense of morality; they don't believe in an afterlife; they don't believe in a God or religion. And the only morality they recognize, therefore, is what will advance the cause or socialism.

You can't slice up morals.

Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.

The very idea that we get a moral compass from religion is horrible. Not only should we not get our moral compass from religion, as a matter of fact we don't.

I just believe if you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer? That's just me talking. You can believe what you want to believe.

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

Religion is the anchor of morality for most people.

Our moral philosophy determines our values - what we care about and what we don't care about - and our values determine our decisions, actions, and beliefs. Therefore, moral philosophy applies to everything in our lives.

I even agree that the concept of god helps some people lead better lives. That does happen. Don't ever forget it. I just think there are better ways to help people lead better lives.

I'm no saint but I do believe in what is right.

religion and morality are a much better whip to keep people in submission than even the club and the gun.

There is no true and abiding morality that is not founded in religion.

I guess to me religion is a kind of moral code.

There was no other God, religion, or lawful magistracy, than conscience, which teaches all men the precepts of Justice, to do no injury, to live honestly, and give everyone his due.

I think there's a God and I know it's not me. I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life.

Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, or a Hindu, religion is a great force, and it can help one have command of one's own morality, one's own behavior, and one's own attitude.

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.

Being an atheist makes someone a clearer thinking, fairer person. They [atheists] are not doing things to be rewarded in heaven; they're doing things because they're right, because they live by a moral code.