Thomas Jefferson
Quotes
17. Shake off all fears of servile
prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely
crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her
tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with
boldness even the existence of a God, because, if there
be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than
that of blindfolded fear.
18. We are afraid of the known and afraid
of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there
is no hope, and therefore every form of philosophy, every
form of theological concept, is merely an escape from the
actual reality of what is. All outward forms of change
brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws
and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic
nature of man and therefore of society.
Benjamin Franklin
Quotes
19. The way to see by faith is to shut the
eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when
you put out your Candle.
Benjamin Franklin, the incompatibility
of faith and reason, Poor Richard’s Almanack
(1758)
20. Lighthouses are more helpful then
churches.
Voltaire
Quotes
21. If God has made us in his image, we
have returned him the favor.
Voltaire
22. Those who believe absurdities will
commit atrocities.
Stephen Hawking
Quotes
23. Black holes would seem to suggest that
God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them
where they cannot be seen.
Stephen Hawking, NATURE,
1975
24. We could call order by the name of God,
but it would be an impersonal God. There’s not much
personal about the laws of physics.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Quotes
25. Tradition becomes our security, and
when the mind is secure it is in decay.
Jiddu
Krishnamurti
26. The constant assertion of belief is an
indication of fear.
Jiddu
Krishnamurti
Christopher Hitchens
Quotes
27. What can be asserted without proof can
be dismissed without proof.
Christopher Hitchens
28. Christopher Hitchens On Jerry Falwell:
If you gave Falwell an enema, he could be buried in a
matchbox.
Sigmund Freud
Quotes
29. Religion is an illusion and it derives
its strength from the fact that it falls in with our
instinctual desires.
Sigmund Freud
30. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed
creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of
soulless conditions. It is the opium of the
people.
Karl Marx
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