"God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand."
Read quote
75 likes
Atheism quotes
Atheism
2.1K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Atheism
Browse quotes that often appear alongside atheism — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Atheism quotes (page 2 of 103)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare, it is simply disgraceful."
Read quote
73 likes
"If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad."
Read quote
71 likes
"Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable."
Read quote
69 likes
"I was convinced that our beliefs are based much more on custom and example than on any certain knowledge."
Read quote
66 likes
"Humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one can do nothing."
Read quote
64 likes
"Where knowledge ends, religion begins."
Read quote
61 likes
"No one ever dies an atheist."
Read quote
60 likes
"Demagoguery enters at the moment when, for want of a common denominator, the principle of equality degenerates into the principle of identity."
Read quote
60 likes
"God is Truth. There is no incompatibility between science and religion. Both are seeking the same truth. Science shows that God exists."
Read quote
59 likes
"Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that."
Read quote
58 likes
"Religion is the last refuge of human savagery."
Read quote
57 likes
"I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world."
Read quote
56 likes
"God reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists."
Read quote
56 likes
"Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world."
Read quote
55 likes
"The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art."
Read quote
55 likes
"The sermon was based on what he claimed was a well-known fact, that there were no Atheists in foxholes. I asked Jack what he thought of the sermon afterwards, and he said, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front."
Read quote
55 likes
"There's a Chaplain who never visited the front."
Read quote
55 likes
"I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth."
Read quote
54 likes
"The observations and experiments of science are so wonderful that the truth that they establish can surely be accepted as another manifestation of God. God shows himself by allowing man to establish truth."
Read quote
53 likes