A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

For this reason the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights.

I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.

I travel around the world experiencing every language every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile because their lives are so difficult.

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First in the Russian Orthodox religion there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God.

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That THAT my friends is true perversion.

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.