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Atheism Quotes by David Hume
- [priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals.
- Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty.
- Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything but sick men's…
- ... The idea of God, as meaning an infinitely intelligent, wise and good Being, arises from reflecting on the operations of our own mind, and…
- To have recourse to the veracity of the supreme Being, in order to prove the veracity of our senses, is surely making a very unexpected…
- ... superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open…
- And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles…
- ..when, in my philosophical disquisitions, I deny a providence and a future state, I undermine not the foundations of society, but advance principles, which they…
- The religious hypothesis, therefore, must be considered only as a particular method of accounting for the visible phenomena of the universe: but no just reasoner…
- The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.
- A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
More Atheism Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — 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 frame is… — Francis Bacon
- Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales,… — 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, to imagine… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of… — 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