Atheism Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.

— Voltaire

Superstition is rooted in a much deeper and more sensitive layer of the psyche than skepticism.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[Science] has challenged the super-eminence of religion; it has turned all philosophy out of doors except that which clings to its skirts; it has…

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

A philosophy that begins in doubt assails what no-one believes, and invites us to nothing believable

— Roger Scruton

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

— Carl Sagan

Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the…

— Annie Besant

If we offer too much silent assent about mysticism and superstition - even when it seems to be doing a little good - we…

— Carl Sagan

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The great benefit of philosophy, which is also its great weakness, is that all its steps are taken in the spirit of doubt.

— Roger Scruton

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

— William Ralph Inge

Philosophy has its bugbears, as well as superstition.

— William Gilmore Simms

When you realize that no one really knows what they are doing and that everyone is doing the best they can according to their…

— Carl Sagan