It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.

Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of a chicken.

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind.

Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse and morality without religion is impossible.

The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality but morality touched by emotion.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world you must make that attempt. That's morality that's religion. That's art. That's life.

Every society and religion has rules for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists as in art of drawing the line somewhere.

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human if one only interprets this correctly.

There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation which often cry down works and men's own righteousness and.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.