“If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.”
“Religion isn't the opium of the people, it's the hypocrisy.”
“Religion is the opium of the poor”
“Atheism is the opium of the mathematicians. Atheism is the religion of Mathematics.”
“The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against traditional religion as the "opium of the masses"—cannot hear the music of the spheres.”