Atheism Quotes

1894 Atheism quotes by 757 unique authors

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. — Carl Sagan
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. — Carl Sagan
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.' — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. — George Santayana
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be… — George Santayana
She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before… — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. — George Bernard Shaw
Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance. — Al Sharpton
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. — George Bernard Shaw
I'm an atheist and I thank God for it. — George Bernard Shaw
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier… — George Bernard Shaw
Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists. — Hu Shih
Either I will find a way, or I will make one. — Philip Sidney
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. — Beverly Sills
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any… — Ignazio Silone
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
I call him free who is led solely by reason. — Baruch Spinoza
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any… — Cliff Stearns
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. — John Steinbeck
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. — Stendhal
I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around… — Howard Stern
No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

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