A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building,… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The notion that everyone would like Christianity to be true, and therefore all atheists are brave men who have accepted the defeat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I never understood redemption when I was young. Even before I was an atheist, I always thought with the prodigal son, "well,… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
My family is not only not religious, but my parents are both - they're secularists. My father is actually an atheist and… — Elif Batuman 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
I had begun to read books and things and, in fact, one of the persons who started me thinking seriously was an… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The word ‘holiday’ comes from ‘holy day’ and holy means ‘exalted and worthy of complete devotion.’ By that definition, all days are… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
To escape the power of the unknown, to prove to yourself that you don't believe in it, you accept its spells. Like… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Almost by definition, secularism cannot be a future: it's a present-tense culture that over time disconnects a society from cross-generational purpose. Which… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
"Atheist" is quite clear in its meaning of "somebody without a belief in God." It is more complex in its usage since… — Jim Herrick Copy Share Image
The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the state through… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There are no atheists in foxholes, they say, and I was a foxhole atheist for a long time. But after going through… — Peter Steele Copy Share Image
The Englishman is under no constitutional obligation to believe that all men are created equal. The American agony is therefore scarcely intelligible,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I agree about Shaw - he is haunted by the mystery he flouts. He is an atheist who trembles in the haunted… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
No it's not!" said Constable Visit. "Atheism is a denial of a god." "Therefore It Is A Religious Position," said Dorfl. "Indeed,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Human vanity is so constituted that it stiffens before difficulties. The more an object conceals itself from our eyes, the greater the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and my kids have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion -… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that which was… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image