Atheism Quotes

1894 Atheism quotes by 757 unique authors

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence. — Sam Harris
We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence. — Sam Harris
When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is… — Sam Harris
If faith is what you have to go on, if faith is the link between your beliefs and the world at large, your beliefs are… — Sam Harris
Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world. — Sam Harris
We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And… — Sam Harris
The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended, is a willingness… — Sam Harris
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the… — Theodore Parker
Interviewer: "Didn't [Sagan] want to believe?" Druyan: "He didn't want to believe. He wanted to know. — Ann Druyan
To cite the facts of history is to fall prey to 'moral equivalence,' or 'political correctness,' or 'the error of of atheism,' or one of… — Noam Chomsky
I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there,… — Brad Pitt
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable… — Dan Barker
It seems to me there is less meanness in atheism, by a good measure. It seems that the spirit of religious self-righteousness this article deplores… — Marilynne Robinson
Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an… — Christopher Hitchens
There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other. Every serious and reflective person… — Max Planck
The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting… — Werner Heisenberg
We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is… — Christopher Hitchens
Now I know what loneliness is, I think. Momentary loneliness, anyway. It comes from a vague core of the self - - like a disease… — Sylvia Plath
There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god. — Orhan Pamuk
Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God. — Ann Hood
How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape. — Christopher Hitchens
Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting himself as a… — Noam Chomsky
[I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our… — Sam Harris
How do you know it's not true if you don't believe in it? — Pete Hautman
There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the… — Robert J. Sawyer

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