Federico Fellini Quotes

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

Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft.

Organized religion: the world's largest pyramid scheme.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

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

Religion is a mixed blessing.

I don't really like the word 'religion.' To me, that's like rules and regulations and paying money to send up prayers. That kind of all weirds me out, honestly.

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.

I'm not really a fan of organized religion.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality.

Religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed, and it is no longer Catholic, that is to say, Universal.

Religion is a superstition that originated in man's mental ability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an organized institution that has always been a stumbling block to progress.

The institution of religion is important.

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

A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.

I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us still engage it? It's not because it's a set of old beliefs or old ideas. Or even, particularly, the view that this is the only true religion. Many of us no longer accept those views.

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

Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.

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, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.

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.

Religion is like magic. It is all about tricks.

I'm against organised religion of any kind.