Those who control what young people are taught, and what they experience - what they see, hear, think, and believe - will… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I'm going to preach there was no Fall because there was nothing to fall from, and no Redemption because there was no… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Thy Banners gleam a little, and are furled; Against thy turrets surge His phantom tow'rs; Drugged with his Opiates the nations nod,… — George Sterling Copy Share Image
“A culture that has a moral compass which always points toward the elite’s conception of good—or a society’s default conceptions of “good”—has… — Simone Collins Copy Share Image
Do people ever reflect, one wonders, that the best way to protect against the penetration of one's secrets by others is to… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
Give up the dream that Love may trick the fates To live again somewhere beyond the gleam Of dying stars, or shatter… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
There are many gods which Christians reject. I just believe in one less god then they do. The reasons that you might… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest. The artificial structures they… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
“Atheism is certainly a terrible error, but it would be too easy simply to condemn it. It is necessary to examine why… — Andrew Davison Copy Share Image
“Our assholes will be clean but we must never wash our hands. Our immune systems will be strengthened by our being dirty.… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“I'm an Atheist. I don't believe in God, Gods, Godlets or any sort of higher power beyond the universe itself, which seems… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
“This doctrine of forgiveness of sin is a premium on crime. 'Forgive us our sins' means "Let us continue in our iniquity."… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Typical American? He is sent to school Little or much, where he imbibes the rule Of safety first and comfort; in… — Edgar Lee Masters Copy Share Image
I do not see how it is possible for an intelligent human being to conclude that the Song of Solomon is the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Because morality is a social necessity, the moment faith in god is banished, man's gaze turns from god to man and he… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
The neighborhood children, of course, were forbidden by their parents to play with my little boy, Garth, so I finally got him… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“The more I read arguments for atheism, the more I am convinced it takes a very strong faith to be an atheist.… — Corrado Ghinamo Copy Share Image
“Our gods, if we choose to believe in them, must be forced to live up to ethics that far surpass our own… — Stifyn Emrys Copy Share Image
Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
When the Church obtained the direction of the civil power, she soon modified or abandoned the tolerant maxims she had formerly inculcated;… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
Hey, let's get serious... God knows what he's doin' He wrote this book here And the book says: 'He made us all… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The influence of the leaders is due in very small measure to the arguments they employ, but in a large degree to… — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Start out understanding religion by saying everything is possibly wrong... As soon as you do that, you start sliding down an edge… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
The present custom of orthodox Christendom, in packing their sins upon the back of a God, is just the same substantially as… — Kersey Graves Copy Share Image
All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
I chose not to jump into the media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Every true Freethinker accords to each individual the right to mental freedom. Where this freedom leads is no concern of others so… — Etta Semple Copy Share Image
“Epicurus's old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Aristocracy of the soul cannot be denied because of the blind equality. We can get lost due to ideas about equality. If… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can and does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot,… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
