E. O. Wilson Quotes

Religion has caused more misery to all men in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

Science and religion cannot come into conflict… unless some one excites strife in them out of conceit and desire to show off one's ingenuity

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

Religion is the root of so much misery in the world, and I've always thought there is lack of criticism against it.

One man's cult is another man's religion.

I think that probably all religions sound bizarre to the people who are not the practitioners of them.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

There is nothing as potentially polarizing as religion.

The twenty-first century will be regarded by future historians as a century in which religion replaced ideology as the prime animating and destructive force in human affairs.

Religion has been so divisive that people have killed one another, believing they were doing the work of God.

Religion is, too often, politics that you’re not supposed to talk about.

To me, religion is the reason there is so much conflict in this world, and I think it's just so unnecessary to believe in this blue-eyed, white-bearded, white-haired God.

I dislike religion quite intensely. It's been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.

I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme.

We should all oppose - as Darwin did - views manifestly in conflict with the evidence, such as creationism... But we shouldn't set up this debate as 'religion v science'; instead we should strive for peaceful coexistence with at least the less dogmatic strands of mainstream religions, which number many excellent scientists among their adherents.

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.

I grew up Catholic, so I have these defenses about listening to anything with too much religiosity; some of the lyrics didn't sit well in my mouth. One of my beefs is the patriarchal setup. Having the 'he, he, he, God, God, God, king, king, king' stuff was hard for me.

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

I love religion and have contemplated going back to school to get a world religion degree.

In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.

Religion is just mind control.

I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions.

I believe religion is man-made.