“And here is the point, about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation of anything important.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It is among men of genius and science that Atheism alone is found, but among these alone is cherished an hostility to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“[ Said during a debate when his opponent asserted that atheism and belief in evolution lead to Nazism :] Atheism by itself… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Nothing proves evolution more than the survival of the religious belief. It shows we are still fearful, partially formed animals with a… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“This is a small episode in an unending argument between those who know they are right and therefore claim the mandate of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“With what contempt and suspicion, then, must one regard those who are no willing to wait, and who beguile themselves and terrify… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There's been some research in cognitive science, I'm told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“But as men farther exalt their idea of their divinity, it is their notion of his power and knowledge only, not of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I'm a member of no party. I have no ideology. I'm a rationalist. I do what I can in the international struggle… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“phenomenon has reappeared in a more troubling form with the holy alliance between the believers and what they can borrow or steal… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Many governments employ torture but this was the first time that the element of Saturnalia and pornography in the process had been made so… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“In the very recent past, we have seen the Church of Rome befouled by its complicity with the unpardonable sin of child rape, or,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Suppose there were groups of secularists at hospitals who went round the terminally ill and urged them to adopt atheism: 'Don't be a mug… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It isn’t so long since a test of Anglican orthodoxy was applied to anyone seeking to study or teach at Oxford and Cambridge universities.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don't know quite why this is true but it just is. Don't… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
![“[ Said during a debate when his opponent asserted that atheism and belief in evolution lead to Nazism :] Atheism by itself is, of course, not a moral position or a political one of any kind; it simply is the refusal to believe in a supernatural dimension. For you to say of Nazism that it was the…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bbe/christopher-hitchens-117_adolf-hitler_said-during-a-debate-when-his-opponent-a_991808.jpg)
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![“[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would not know an evil, wicked act from a decent human act without divine permission, without divine authority or without, even worse, either the fear of a…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab6/christopher-hitchens-117_action_religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integ_23299.jpg)
