Voltaire
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth21 November 1694
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
atheism positive-atheism
What can I hope when all is right?
atheist atheism favors
If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.
atheist believe atheism
Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.
two religion atheism
England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.
important-events atheism church
Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.
grease atheism charity
The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.
powerful garden atheism
Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at the end of my garden. I heard a mole arguing with a cockchafer; 'Here's a fine structure,' said the mole, 'it must have been a very powerful mole who did this work.' 'You're joking,' said the cockchafer; 'it's a cockchafer full of genius who is the architect of this building.' From that moment I resolved never to argue.
christian atheism meteors
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion.
truth religion atheism
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.
father book atheism
It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the cryphal or apocryphal books of the Old and New Testaments, put them all pell-mell on an altar, and the books to be rejected fell to the ground. It is a pity that this eloquent procedure has not survived.
christian men atheism
If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible.
atheist religion atheism
Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.
people atheism candide
What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?
passion inspire atheism
Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed.