As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because it’s only here for a brief moment, a flare against… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Take Bach or Schubert: Their music was dedicated to God but filled and shaped their worldly lives. If you are a committed… — Martin Walser Copy Share Image
I am an atheist. I was born a Catholic, but after I had traveled to Northern Ireland with some Catholic friends, and… — Guy Laliberte Copy Share Image
Atheism comes into rather a bad press and I suppose I'd rather describe myself as a humanist... I don't believe in God.… — Stephen Fry 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
A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You don't get to advertise all the good that your religion does without first scrupulously subtracting all the harm it does and… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist and imbecile-proof one, or even better, a rationalist-proof one. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb 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
There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“...it is not to be understood that I am with him [Jesus] in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist, he takes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“He(Prophet Muhammad) was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Claiming that a person who views the Bible as nothing but a compendium of myths is thus denying the existence of a… — Dave Champion Copy Share Image
That's true that I'm "not religious as that term is conventionally understood," though I've never been an atheist. Atheism is an active… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Perhaps struggle is all we have because the god of history is an atheist, and nothing about his world is meant to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Atheism is not a religion. One of the things, in fact, that atheism lacks are the kinds of rituals that religion does… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
An Atheist need Proof from God that he is God! lol yes they special! They want God to come down from were… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
Why would an all-powerful creator decide to plant his carefully crafted species on islands and continents in exactly the appropriate pattern to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I don't think there is prejudice against atheists the same way there is prejudice against fat people. I don't think people hate… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
Atheists would teach men to be moral now, not because God offers as an inducement reward by and by, but because in… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this atheist's religion of doing good for… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“...[T]hese people... are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters... theories about the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I have no more fear of death than I do of going to sleep. I have no psychotic, PMSing, invisible tyrant in… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
There is presumably a calendar date a moment when the onus of proof passed from the atheist to the believer, when, quite… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
[The atheist believes] a world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Any well-established village in New England or the northern Middle West could afford a town drunkard, a town atheist, and a few… — D. W Brogan Copy Share Image
People who harbor strong convictions without evidence belong at the margins of our societies, not in our halls of power. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“It is not possible to be intellectually honest and believe in gods. And it is not possible to believe in gods and… — P.W. Atkins Copy Share Image
I believe the spreading of Catholicism to be the most horrible means of political and social degradation left in the world. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence, I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
And then he'd tried to become an official Atheist and hadn't got the rock-hard self-satisfied strength of belief even for that. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“[ When asked 'Given the chance, how would you change the world ?'] It's a big question. Getting rid of religion would… — Björk Copy Share Image
There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth… — Anne Nicol Gaylor Copy Share Image
I can definitely make an argument for atheism. I was very educated in scripture and dogma and the church, particularly the Catholic… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
I guess it’s true what they say," observed Jace. "There are no straight men in the trenches." "That’s atheists, jackass," said Simon… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
![“...it is not to be understood that I am with him [Jesus] in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist, he takes the side of spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin. I require a counterpoise of good works to redeem it... Among the sayings & discourses imputed to…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/06a/thomas-jefferson-43_absurdity_it-is-not-to-be-understood-that-i-am-wit_1394038.jpg)
![“...[T]hese people... are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters... theories about the heavens... and everything below the earth... must be an atheist.” quote by Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/522/socrates-405_inquiry_t-hese-people-are-my-dangerous-accusers_1521273.jpg)
![“[The atheist believes] a world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a good God.” quote by Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0bb/pope-benedict-xvi-414_cynicism_the-atheist-believes-a-world-marked-by-s_1667176.jpg)
![“[ When asked 'Given the chance, how would you change the world ?'] It's a big question. Getting rid of religion would be a good start, wouldn't it? It seems to be causing a lot of havoc.” quote by Björk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7a8/bjork-2024_atheism_when-asked-given-the-chance-how-would-yo_388693.jpg)
