“All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.”

“But yet it is evident that religion consists so much in affection, as that without holy affection there is no true religion; and no light in the understanding is good which does not produce holy affection in the heart: no habit or principle in the heart is good which has no such exercise; and no external fruit is good which does not proceed from such exercises.”

“With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.”

“There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion.”

“Religion has a good place and it has its good people. ”

“All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”