"Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery." ― Robert Green Ingersoll Topic(s): Religion More From Robert Green Ingersoll "In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences." "Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity." "We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death." More In Religion "I didn’t want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion."― Julian Schnabel "Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples."― Jiddu Krishnamurti "When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow."― Anais Nin