Curiosity draws a man from consideration of the effect, to seek the cause. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment. — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
“If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated." ( Notebooks )” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching. — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
At Oxford University, the certainties of my atheist faith (and atheism is a faith) began to crumble — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
God [is] the author of the universe, and the free establisher of the laws of motion. — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
I'm mindful in a free society that people can worship if they want to or not. You're equally an American if you… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
It is wiser, I believe, to arrive at theory by way of evidence rather than the other way around… It is more… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
[O]nly if every individual strives for truth can humanity attain a happier future; the atavisms in each of us that stand in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Evolution is the root of atheism, of communism, nazism, behaviorism, racism, economic imperialism, militarism, libertinism, anarchism, and all manner of anti-Christian systems… — Henry M. Morris Copy Share Image
In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The problem with atheism, I find, under these circumstances, is that I have no one to despise but myself. If, however, I… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Religion has convinced people that theres an invisible man ¦ Living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“God did not create evolution--evolution created God. The evolution of religion is as follows: animism--polytheism--monotheism--agnosticism--atheism. As history progresses, people worship fewer and… — G.M. Jackson Copy Share Image
Parasitism is the only practice of the church; with its ideal of anaemia, its holiness, draining all blood, all love, all hope… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty] One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.'… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share Image
There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
To discover the true principles of morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods. They need but common… — Jean Meslier Copy Share Image
Priests, kings, statesmen, soldiers, bankers and public functionaries of all sorts; policemen, jailers and hangmen; capitalists, usurers, businessmen and property-owners; lawyers, economists… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“Our historical pastime is the direct satisfaction of inflicting pain. There are lines in Nekrassov describing how a peasant lashes a horse… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image