Quotes about atheism
atheism reason existence
Reason can never prove the existence of God. Immanuel Kant
atheism kind infinite
Supposing all the great points of atheism were formed into a kind of creed, I would fain ask whether it would not require an infinite greater measure of faith than any set of articles which they so violently oppose. Joseph Addison
atheism may bombay
Duly Enlightened Gandhi's head by Mall of the 'Free Press Journal,' Bombay, in 1932Watches may disagree, but let us not. Mahatma Gandhi
atheism retreat catholicism
Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat. Emile Zola
atheism ghost holy
"The Holy Ghost," Luther instructs us, "is not a skeptic." Not everyone can be, and that is really too bad. Emile M. Cioran
atheism missions contrary
My mission is to see things as they are. Exactly contrary of a mission. Emile M. Cioran
atheism crime positive-atheism
The Crime, from us, is hidden, [though] he is presumed to know. Emily Dickinson
atheism chains dangerous
Assent - and you are sane - Demur - and you're straightaway dangerous - and handled with a chain. Emily Dickinson
atheism positive-atheism
The Truth never flaunted a sign. Emily Dickinson
atheism dawn forget
If Aims impel these Astral Ones The ones allowed to know Know that which makes them as forgot As Dawn forgets them now Emily Dickinson
atheism hats positive-atheism
Those who lift their hats shall see Nature as devout do God. Emily Dickinson
atheism lovers criteria
Why should we censure Othello when the Criterion Lover says, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me"? Emily Dickinson
atheism constitution framed
The Americans who framed our Constitution felt that without freedom of religion no other freedom counted. Henry Steele Commager
atheism doctrine looks
It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn. Henrik Ibsen
atheism lasts theism
Atheism is the last word of theism Heinrich Heine
atheism woven world
The web of this world is woven of Necessity and Chance. Woe to him who has accustomed himself from his youth up to find something necessary in what is capricious, and who would ascribe something like reason to Chance and make a religion of surrendering to it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
atheism thrive
Atheism thrives on bad religion. Os Guinness
atheism disaster proportion
Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. Orlando Bloom
atheism fool rewards
Fools, your reward is neither here nor there. Omar Khayyam
atheism democratic united
We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society. Oliver Tambo
atheism malice preaching
The frightful engines of ecclesiastical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvinistical good-nature never failed to terrify me exceedingly whenever I thought of preaching. John Adams
atheism attendance devotion
Are not the daily devotions conducted by these legal ecclesiastics already degenerating into a scanty attendance, and a tiresome formality? James Madison
atheism mouths needs
Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open. Emma Goldman
atheism slavery burden
It has been petrified into a slavery of thought and sentiment, as intolerant superiority on the part of the few and an intolerable burden on the part of the many. John Dewey
atheism morality function
The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed. Garrett Hardin
atheism church matter
I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me. John F. Kennedy
atheism morality ethics
Morality is only moral when it is voluntary. Lincoln Steffens
atheism causes agnosticism
And the cause of everything is that which we call God. Leo Tolstoy
atheism coffins
Science itself is steadily nailing the lid on atheism's coffin. Lee Strobel
atheism finance can-do
Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. Joseph Wood Krutch
atheism facts can-do
Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do. Joseph Wood Krutch
atheism information wells
Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information? John Maynard Keynes
atheism credit reason
Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer. John Locke