Atheism Quotes

We assert that the philosophy of humanity – that the best interests of the human race – demand a strong statement and a repeated, enlightening statement of atheism.

You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and […]

Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That’s a fair question. How can the apologists for the church exemption answer it?

An atheist is a guy who watches a Notre Dame – SMU football game and doesn’t care who wins.

There’s no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings -the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God himself, but in the practical atheism of everyday living, in indifference and torpor. We often encounter these forms of atheism among those who are formally Christians.

A man I admire, who has held the highest medical position in the United States, recently declared, “There are no atheists at the bedside of a dying child.” It is a compassionate statement, nobly expressed, with which every humane person must sympathize. But, with all respect, it is simply untrue. Nor have I ever felt […]

If Atheism is a religion, then health is a disease!

Atheism, that bugbear of women and fools, is the very top and perfection of freethinking. It is the grand arcanum to which a true genius naturally riseth, by a certain climax or gradation of thought, and without which he can never possess his soul in absolute liberty and repose.

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny.