Atheist Quote by John Burroughs

Man is God in the making.

— Anonymous

Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.

— Stanislaw Lem

It was man who first made men believe in gods.

— Critias

“Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him. (tr. by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox)”

— Stanislaw Lem

Man is the being whose project it is to be God.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Man makes god in his own image.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A God made by man undoubtedly has need of man to make himself known to man.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him. Man can serve his age or rebel…

— Stanislaw Lem

The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside…

— Confucius

Men always makes gods in their own image.

— Xenophanes

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

— Aristotle

Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

— Elbert Hubbard