“You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.” 
― Rick Warren

“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.” 
― Steven Weinberg

“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.” 
― Aristotle

“He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.” 
― Jonathan Edwards

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.” 
― Shannon L. Alder

“Music is my higher power” 
― Oliver James

“In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us.... More over, when we have repented, He instantly remits the sins as well as the punishments. In the same manner parents ought to handle their children.” 
― Martin Luther

“How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?” Instead they say, “No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.” A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.” 
― Carl Sagan