“The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.”
Arthur C. Clarke
“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.”
Albert Einstein
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
“A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage.”
George Bernard Shaw
“It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion”
Bertrand Russell
“Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea”
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
