Kary Mullis Quotes

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

Religion can thrive only in a personal universe.

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

I believe religion is important for every person.

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

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

Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

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

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.

I believe religion is man-made.

From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.

I would say I have a complicated relationship with institutionalized religion.

Religion is all bunk.

Religion is never going to go away, and anyone who thinks it will doesn't understand what religion is. It is a language to describe the experience of human nature, so for as long as people struggle to describe what it means to be alive, it will be a ready-made language to express those feelings.

We need a new religion.

Religion is an irrational construct.

I'm a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me.

I could never take the idea of religion very seriously.

Religion has nothing to do with spirituality.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

I do not value religion chiefly for its morality.

The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order ...

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.

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