Ziggy Marley Quotes

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

Religion is just mind control.

I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.

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

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.

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

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

Religion is a mixed blessing.

I think there's a difference between God and religion.

Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.

In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.

On a personal note, myself, I find religion - I can understand it, I can understand why we have it, as a kind of force on the planet. And I also at the same time think it's ludicrous.

Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.

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

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.

The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism.

Religion is all bunk.

The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that.

Religion is an irrational construct.

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

I could never take the idea of religion very seriously.

Religion has nothing to do with spirituality.

I do not value religion chiefly for its morality.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.