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Atheist Quotes by Albert Einstein
- The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the state through lies; it was…
- I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters…
- Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I…
- Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics and comes from the same…
- What separates me from most so-called atheists is a feeling of utter humility toward the unattainable secrets of the harmony of the cosmos.
- From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.
- There lies the weaknesss of positivists and professional atheists who are elated because they feel that they have not only successfully rid the world of…
- I'm not an atheist. I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are…
- Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
- Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
- Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming…
- It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some…
- Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
- What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a…
- I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our…
- The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's…
- I received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit priest in my life and I am astonished by the audacity…
- The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are…
More Atheist Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- If there is a God, he is a malign thug. — Mark Twain
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope. — Danny Boyle
- I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure. — Mark Twain
- To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography… — Mark Twain