One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.

Picture Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.

Topics: Morality Picture Quotes, Religion Picture Quotes

Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing...

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Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing...

Don't wonder at those who are good without God. Pity those who need God to...

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Don't wonder at those who are good without God. Pity those who need God to...

'LOVE YOURSELF' does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right,...

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'LOVE YOURSELF' does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right,...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

Love is no respecter of age or practicality Neither morality: unabashed She enters where she...

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Love is no respecter of age or practicality Neither morality: unabashed She enters where she...

If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change

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If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse...

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People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse...

Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people.

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Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people.

Religion is notorious for conceiving an idea and then trying to make it true, either...

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Religion is notorious for conceiving an idea and then trying to make it true, either...

Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we...

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Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we...

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on...

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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on...

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

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Hate the sin, love the sinner.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people.

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If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

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Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

... we live in a country in which a person cannot get elected president if...

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... we live in a country in which a person cannot get elected president if...

Fear not hell for if it exists you shall find yourself in good company.

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Fear not hell for if it exists you shall find yourself in good company.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because...

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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because...

For me it is better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to...

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For me it is better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to...

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a...

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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a...