"A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness"

"I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions"

"After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands"

"The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them"

"By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive"

"I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality"

"Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith"

"The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person"

"I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life"

"There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse"

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction"