Atheism Quote by Lucretius Download Open image “Human life lay foul before men's eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion's weight.” — Lucretius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Atheism Crushed Dust Eye Foul Human life Humans Lays Life Men Positive atheism Religion Weight
“The history of man proves that religion perverts man's concept of life and the universe, and has made him a cringing coward before the… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Men imitate the gods whom they adore, and to such miserable beings their crimes become their religion. — Cyprian Copy Share Image
“Judged by the normal standards of human affairs, the lives of men and women of God may look overburdened with suffering, and even inconclusive.” — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“Reducing human beings to the faint after-image of some omnipotent deity, or trying to give human life meaning by postponing real fulfilment to some… — British Humanist Association Copy Share Image
The careful rearer of the ductile human plant can instil his own religion, and surround the soul by such a moral atmosphere, as shall… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
“And humanism—that transcendent vision that spans centuries and religions in its celebration of reason, responsibility, art, and examined lives—has been tossed out like old… — Jean Hegland Copy Share Image
One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature. — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
“The excessive weight of this man in human destiny disturbed the balance. This individual alone counted for more than a universal group. These plethoras… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“A saving grace of the human condition (if I may phrase it like that) is a sense of humor. Many writers and witnesses, guessing… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
To take the life of a fellow human being is to assault the sacredness of the image of God. — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
First, then, I say, that the mind, which we often call the intellect, in which is placed the conduct and government of life, is… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
See with what force yon river's crystal stream Resists the weight of many a massy beam. To sink the wood the more we vainly… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“...nothing is more blissful than to occupy the heights effectively fortified by the teaching of the wise, tranquil sanctuaries from which you can look… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
... deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
No single thing abides; but all things flow. Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know them and name them.… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You cannot ... transmute some incoherent mixture of words into sense merely by introducing the three-letter word "God" to be its grammatical subject. — Antony Flew Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
If, with all the time at my disposal, with all the wealth of the resources of this vast universe, to do with as I… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
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