Religion Quotes by Voltaire

Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.

— Voltaire

He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery.

— Voltaire

England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.

— Voltaire

theology is to religion what poisons are to food

— Voltaire

The spirit of property doubles a man's strength.

— Voltaire

Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

— Voltaire

“Sect and error are synonymous.”

— Voltaire

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

— Voltaire

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world

— Voltaire

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

— Voltaire

“Trust to yourself; let our own eyes determine; Be they our tripods, oracles, and gods.”

— Voltaire

If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible.

— Voltaire

“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning.”

— Voltaire

God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

— Voltaire

“Ours [religion] is without a doubt the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and the most bloody to ever infect the world.”

— Voltaire

The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.

— Voltaire

What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists…

— Voltaire

You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which…

— Voltaire

“Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world. [In a letter to Frederick…

— Voltaire

The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by…

— Voltaire

Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all…

— Voltaire

I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists:…

— Voltaire

The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to be independent of all…

— Voltaire

He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical…

— Voltaire

“Perhaps there is nothing greater on earth than the sacrifice of youth and beauty, often of high birth, made by the gentle…

— Voltaire

“I tried to believe in God, but I confess to you that God meant nothing in my life, and that in my…

— Voltaire

Custom, law bent my first years to the religion of the happy Muslims. I see it too clearly: the care taken of…

— Voltaire

It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the…

— Voltaire

“Perhaps, if I use my reason in good faith, I may suceed in discovering some ray of probability to lighten me in…

— Voltaire

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must -…

— Voltaire

Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and…

— Voltaire

“Martin, perceiving some shelves filled with English books, said to the senator, “I fancy that a republican must be highly delighted with…

— Voltaire

“Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.”

— Voltaire

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most

— Voltaire

All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

— Voltaire

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

— Voltaire

“If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated." ( Notebooks )”

— Voltaire

“It is man´s faith to live either on agonies of fear and turmoil or in the prostration of boredom.”

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“Always beware of turning religion into metaphysics: Morality is its essence.”

— Voltaire

For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm.

— Voltaire