Atheism Quotes

1894 Atheism quotes by 757 unique authors

There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion ('man's search for God'!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We… — C.S. Lewis
I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves and a forked… — M. Scott Peck
The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task. — Friedrich Nietzsche
We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam". — Robert Green Ingersoll
Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What is new, however, is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to a majority; but… — Henry David Thoreau
Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel? — Alexander Pope
...finally men were saved only through God's son dying for them, and that unless human beings believed this silly, impossible and wicked story they were… — Clarence Darrow
Misery motivates, not utopia. — Karl Marx
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. — Horace
I am not responsible for what other people think. I am responsible only for what I myself think, and I know what that is. No… — Isaac Asimov
Without "The Law of Moses" would we all be wandering around like little gods, stealing, raping, and spilling blood whenever our vanity was offended? — Dan Barker
Nothing is more tedious than the dreaming platitude. — Karl Marx
Naturally, since [the Sumerians] didn't know what caused the flood anymore than we do, they blamed the gods. (That's the advantage of religion. You're never… — Isaac Asimov
There comes a time in every man's life when he's consumed by the desire to spit on his palms, hoist the black flag and start… — H. L. Mencken
What sense or thought do they have? They follow the popular singers, and they take the crowd as their teacher. — Heraclitus
I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities. — Ambrose Bierce
When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people… — Bertrand Russell
Everyone wants to be foremost in this future-and yet death and the stillness of death are the only things certain and common to all in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
What good fortune for those in power that people do not think. — Adolf Hitler
Why should I live? Why should I do anything? Is there in life any purpose which the inevitable death that awaits me does not undo… — Leo Tolstoy
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect… — Edward Abbey
Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith. — Isaac Asimov
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing. — George Orwell

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