Atheism Quotes

1894 Atheism quotes by 757 unique authors

Atheism is not a matter of the mind; it is a matter of the heart. — Dillon Burroughs
Philip Kitcher has composed the most formidable defense of the secular view of life since Dewey. Unlike almost all of contemporary atheism, Life After Faith… — Leon Wieseltier
It is the absolutism of theism, its pernicious influence upon humanity, its paralyzing effect upon thought and action, which Atheism is fighting with all its… — Emma Goldman
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task… — Anatole France
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin. — Anatole France
I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they… — Sigmund Freud
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. — Sigmund Freud
What is to give light must endure burning. — Viktor E. Frankl
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. — Benjamin Franklin
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. — Mahatma Gandhi
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. — Mahatma Gandhi
If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty. — Mahatma Gandhi
With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they… — William Lloyd Garrison
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning. — Bill Gates
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. — Antonio Gaudi
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. — Paul Gauguin
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally… — Edward Gibbon
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. — Edmond de Goncourt
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions… — Stephen Jay Gould
Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but… — Billy Connolly
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. — Joseph Conrad
I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant. — Francis Ford Coppola
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is… — Quentin Crisp
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. — Clarence Darrow

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