"To call the world God is not to……" — Arthur Schopenhauer

To call the world God is not to explain it; it is… - Arthur Schopenhauer

"To call the world God is not to explain it; it is only to enrich our language with a superfluous synonym."

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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458 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer has 458 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.
There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise,…
Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.
Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.
Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment - a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her…
Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.
It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their…
A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a…
The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of…
Of all the intellectual faculties, judgment is the last to mature. A child under the age of fifteen should confine…
The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the…
The present is the only reality and the only certainty.

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. — Mary Astell
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal… — Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased… — Francis Bacon
You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey

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