Richard Dawkins Quotes

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

Religion is not changed as easily as a shirt.

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.

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

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

A religion without rules or God isn't sustainable.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

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.

Never wage war on religion, nor upon seemingly holy institutions, for this thing has too great a force upon the minds of fools.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

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.

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

It is with this as with religion: one usually believes what he has been taught.

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

I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order.

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 just mind control.

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

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

Truth is truth, whether labeled 'science' or 'religion.'

Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its side.

Religion, in any form, is always interesting to me because of how powerful it is. Not even the religion itself, but to the people that follow it... The effect that it has had on people's minds.

I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.