Quotes on Atheist

The greatest danger that besets us does not come from believers or atheists; it comes from those who, under the guise of religion, science or reason, imagine that we can free ourselves from the limitations of human nature and perfect the human species.

There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

For a while, I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label.

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.

There lies the weaknesss of positivists and professional atheists who are elated because they feel that they have not only successfully rid the world of gods but "bared the miracles." (That is, explained the miracles. - ed.) Oddly enough, we must be satisfied to acknowledge the "miracle" without there being any legitimate way for us to approach it . I am forced to add that just to keep you from thinking that -weakened by age-I have fallen prey to the clergy.

Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and indeed that intervention has been welcomed by the captains of finance and industry. They had no quarrel with "big government" when it served their needs.

Just because you believe in something does not mean that it is true.

If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of the Atheist? ...Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God.

For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist; it's absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart - then no problem.

From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think.

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.

God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?

An atheist can be charitable but not religious. But the religious man must be charitable.

It's odd that the word 'atheist' even exist. I don't play golf, is there a word for non-golf players ?

What separates me from most so-called atheists is a feeling of utter humility toward the unattainable secrets of the harmony of the cosmos.

Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics and comes from the same source.