---
title: "1 Religion Heart Quotes By André Comte-Sponville"
description: "1 Religion Heart quotes by André Comte-Sponville. Plus more from André Comte-Sponville and more Religion Heart sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/andr-comte-sponville-34478_against-religion_to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-o_3169975.jpg"
---

> [To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of atheism? That one does not mistake: that, to my mind, does not prove anything against atheism and much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-of-this-child-will-you-speak/)

[Andre Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/andr-comte-sponville-34478_against-religion_to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-o_3169975.jpg)

## More by André Comte-Sponville

> [Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/atheism-is-a-way-of-humility-it-s-to-think-oneself-to-be-an-animal-as/)

[Andre Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

> [“Freedom of thought is the only good that is perhaps more precious than peace, for the simple reason that, without it, peace would merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/freedom-of-thought-is-the-only-good-that-is-perhaps-more-precious/)

[André Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

> [Necessary, since every moment in our lives is marked by death, like a shadow from another realm, it appear to us like a vanishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/necessary-since-every-moment-in-our-lives-is-marked-by-death-like-a/)

[Andre Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

> [“No, what worries me, I readily admit, is everything (that is to say, anything and everything) - everything, that is, except the All, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/no-what-worries-me-i-readily-admit-is-everything-that-is-to-say/)

[André Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

> [Everything is complex and everything is simple. The rose has no why attached to it, it blooms because it blooms, how no thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/everything-is-complex-and-everything-is-simple-the-rose-has-no-why/)

[Andre Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

> [All fear is imaginary, reality is its antidote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/all-fear-is-imaginary-reality-is-its-antidote/)

[Andre Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

> [To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of atheism? That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-of-this-child-will-you-speak/)

[Andre Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

> [The simple person lives the way he breathes, with no more effort or glory, with no more affectation and without shame Simplicity is freedom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/the-simple-person-lives-the-way-he-breathes-with-no-more-effort-or/)

[Andre Comte-Sponville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-comte-sponville/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-heart/andr-comte-sponville/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Religion Heart Quotes By André Comte-Sponville",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of atheism? That one does not mistake: that, to my mind, does not prove anything against atheism and much against religion. \"The heart of a heartless world, said Marx, the soul of soulless conditions.\" It is misery that makes religion, and it is why this one is miserable. Who would prohibit opium to a dying man? And what are we, out of oblivion or entertainment, anything else but dying?",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "André Comte-Sponville"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-comte-sponville/to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-of-this-child-will-you-speak/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/andr-comte-sponville-34478_against-religion_to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-o_3169975.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/andr-comte-sponville-34478_against-religion_to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-o_3169975.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/andr-comte-sponville-34478_against-religion_to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-o_3169975.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise…” — Andre Comte-Sponville",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-heart/andr-comte-sponville/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-heart/andr-comte-sponville/",
            "name": "Religion Heart Quotes by André Comte-Sponville",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-heart/andr-comte-sponville/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/andr-comte-sponville-34478_against-religion_to-a-child-who-dies-and-to-the-parents-o_3169975.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Religion Heart quotes by André Comte-Sponville. Plus more from André Comte-Sponville and more Religion Heart sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-heart/andr-comte-sponville/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-heart/andr-comte-sponville/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Religion Heart",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-heart/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "André Comte-Sponville",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion-heart/andr-comte-sponville/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```