When law and duty are one united by religion you never become fully conscious fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.

Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism and when it cracked I was open to religion again.

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me and attracted me.

Religion is never the problem it's the people who use it to gain power.

I broke with my religion in college.

For us to think we can enjoy understand and practice the Christian religion with just Matthew to Revelation is foolishness.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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.