Quotes about atheism
atheism said young
"Oh to be old again," said a young corpse. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
atheism guilt stones
Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.
atheism trying sides
There is a dispute about the existence of God. Both sides try to hide that they killed Him - even before He came into being.
atheism mouths littles
The mob shouts with one big mouth and eats with a thousand little ones.
atheism misery approach
It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar.
atheism tasks affliction
The true believer is in a high degree protected against the danger of certain neurotic afflictions; by accepting the universal neurosis he is spared the task of forming a personal neurosis. Sigmund Freud
atheism records doe
History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Robert A. Heinlein
atheism events nostalgia
Intellectuals cannot tolerate the chance event, the unintelligible: they have a nostalgia for the absolute, for a universally comprehensive scheme. Raymond Aron
atheism example belief
I was convinced that our beliefs are based much more on custom and example than on any certain knowledge. Rene Descartes
atheism guinea made
Better live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a seance. Thomas Huxley
atheism no-fear bad-things
No fear... we are never sure of anything... fear never prevents [bad things] from happening. Vanessa Paradis
atheism fanatics bigots
Atheism is a religion itself complete with fanatics and bigots. Vanna Bonta
atheism serious jew
I never outgrew my conversion to atheism at 13, but at various times was a serious cultural Jew. Steven Pinker
atheism invocation enjoy
I enjoy being at a meeting that doesn't start with an invocation! Steven Weinberg
atheism absurd wells
'Tis well averred, A scientific faith's absurd. Robert Browning
atheism may moral
Their moral influence will then do infinitely more to advance the true interests of religion, than any measures which they may call on Congress to enact. Richard Mentor Johnson
atheism care hell
God is DEAD, and no one cares! If there is a hell I'll see you there! Trent Reznor
atheism slavery
All religion is slavery. Robert Green Ingersoll
atheism sin adam
We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam".
atheism church mosaics
The Church demonstrated the falsity and folly of Darwin's theories by showing that they contradicted the Mosaic account of creation, and now that the theories of Darwin having been fairly established, the Church says that the Mosaic account is true because it is in harmony with Darwin. Now, if it should turn out that Darwin was mistaken, what then?
atheism barbarians example
They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian.
atheism doe needs
If there be an infinite Being, he does not need our help - we need not waste our energies in his defense.
atheism world superstitions
In the presence of death I affirm and reaffirm the truth of all that I have said against the superstitions of the world. I would say that much on the subject with my last breath.
atheism pestilence imagine
I read the other day an account of a meeting between John Knox and John Calvin. Imagine a dialogue between a pestilence and a famine!
atheism
I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense. W. Somerset Maugham
atheism ineffable mystic
The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.