Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere.

And what is religion you might ask. It's a technology of living.

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion that old singing that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being of my writing.

That means that every human being - without distinction of sex age race skin color language religion political view or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.

People don't talk about religion a lot in Hollywood because it's not an incredibly safe place to do it.

Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.

I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation.

My theory is if you have a religion it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

Religion is a strange wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.