Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

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

Religion is an irrational construct.

I don't think it takes much for a cult to be a cult. Many parts of our society are cultish, and you only need a charismatic leader and some teachings, and before you know it, you have a cult.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

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

One strength of the Communist system ... is that it has some of the characteristics of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

Religion is a mixed blessing.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

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.

Religion is just mind control.

Scientology is a model control system, a state in fact with its own courts, police, rewards and penalties.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power.

Religion is a collective insanity.

You cannot struggle against religion. Those who have tried this have been doomed.

Religion is a fraud, but it must be maintained for the masses.

I'm not even religious, but I get fanaticism. I get the appeal of it.

I'm fascinated by the business of belief, obviously, because it's so ever present with humanity anyway. And, you know, when you have science, which constantly talks of proofs, you have religion, which constantly talks of beliefs and faith and so on.

I would say 'Harlem World' is a cult and at the end we're gonna have everybody believin'.

The difference between a cult and a religion, of course, lies in extremity.

You don't have to be a religious person to be affected by religion or a religious movement.

If you don't like the word 'religion,' you can replace it with 'ideology' - it's largely the same thing. At the heart of both religion and ideology is the question of authority and where authority is coming from.

I was never really into any kind of hard-core religious structure or dogma.

To me, religion is the reason there is so much conflict in this world, and I think it's just so unnecessary to believe in this blue-eyed, white-bearded, white-haired God.