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

"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"

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

"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"

"It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified"

"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"