Bertrand Russell Quotes

I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.

Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.

I'm not intolerant. I just know what it says in The Scriptures.

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.

The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.

Most of the characters I write with don't think an awful lot about their faith. They're not always questioning the church or feeling confined by the church or rebelling against the church.

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.

I'm not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is.

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.

So much about religion has to do with rigid, sacrosanct preciousness. I don't live my life that way, and I don't feel that's what Baha'u'llah teaches.

The Constitution is man-made, so it is not perfect. It's not the basis of my beliefs. My belief system is based on the Scriptures which come from God.

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious sensibilities of anyone.

Religious institutions ought to have something to say about the normative values of society.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed; and, although this subject principally occupied my thoughts, there was nothing that I saw or heard of to which my attention was not directed.

It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It is possible when there is great faith and love and the absence of contention.

The best thing about science is that hard, empirical answers are always there if you look hard enough. The best thing about religion is that the very absence of that certainty is what requires - and gives rise to - deep feelings of faith.