Civilization is perhaps approaching one of those long winters that overtake it from time to time. Romantic Christendom - picturesque, passionate, unhappy… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Yeah, I tell them to change the channel if they see some guy in a brown suit with a telephone number at… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism. — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
At least to pray is left - is left Oh Jesus - in the Air - I know not which thy chamber… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
There was a small boy on crutches. I do not know his name, and I suspect I never will. But I will… — James Randi Copy Share Image
I am convinced that some political and social activities and practices of the Catholic organizations are detrimental and even dangerous for the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed. — Walter F. Mondale Copy Share Image
Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“In the search for meaning we must not forget that the gods (or God, for that matter) are a concept of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent fallacies about the Christian Church is that it kept learning alive during the Dark and Middle Ages.… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
The proofs of the existence of God are to such an extent fallen into discredit that they pass for something antiquated, belonging… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
The last election just laid the foundation of the next 500 years of Dark Ages. — Frank Zappa 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
Beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret, and for their happiness we shall allure… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Gentleness and peacefulness regulate our proceedings; theirs are dictated by fury. We employ reason, they accumulate faggots. They preach nothing but love,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
How to raise this dead level of theistic belief is really a matter of life and death for all denominations. Therefore their… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The scent of frying astronomers long ago ceased to ascend to Yahweh. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Real scientists are required to play by the rules without exception. Creationists follow the rules of science only so long as it… — Frank Zindler Copy Share Image
The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one's fatherland, which is perishable? — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
