Positive atheism Quotes by Voltaire

What can I hope when all is right?

— Voltaire

If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

— Voltaire

The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.

— Voltaire

A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to…

— Voltaire

What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with…

— Voltaire

It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws…

— Voltaire

The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew.

— Voltaire

Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the…

— Voltaire

As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and…

— Voltaire

If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their…

— Voltaire

Custom, law bent my first years to the religion of the happy Muslims. I see it too clearly: the care taken of…

— Voltaire

Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas…

— Voltaire

Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the…

— Voltaire

Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at…

— Voltaire

The son of God is the same as the son of man; the son of man is the same as the son…

— Voltaire