"If there is no God, everything is permitted." — Fyodor Dostoevsky

"If there is no God, everything is permitted."

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

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585 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.
If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.
Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto…
The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in…
Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who…
There is no idea, no fact, which could not be vulgarized and presented in a ludicrous light.
Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass…
Only through suffering can we find ourselves.
If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work…
Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all…
There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory,…

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More Atheism Quotes

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. — Mary Astell
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal… — Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased… — Francis Bacon
You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey

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