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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept.

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

We've got to find ways of confronting the issues that divide - and at the heart of cultural issues, you often find religions.

Organized belief in spirituality - that's what a religion is.

Religion of any form is a sacred matter. It involves the relation of the individual to some Being believed to be infinitely supreme. It involves not merely character and life here, but destiny hereafter, and as such is not to be spoken of lightly or flippantly.

Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind.

Religions have a strong binding function and a cohesive element. They emphasize the primacy of the community as opposed to the individual, and they also help set one community apart from another that doesn't share their beliefs.

A religion must be instrumental in spiritualising the individual into a boundless and holistic nature.