Atheism Quotations | Page 9

The heavens declare the glory of Kepler and Newton.

The universe displays no proof of an all-directing mind.

To reorganize society without God or King, by the systematic culture of Humanity.

Nothing is destroyed until it is replaced.

There is 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.

The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into the magic aura are not dealt with rationally but by a specific type of pseudo-reasoning. Absurdities and contradictions are made acceptable by specious rationalizations.

The Revolutionary's Utopia, which in appearance represents a complete break with the past, is always modeled on some image of the Lost Paradise, of a legendary Golden Age... All utopias are fed from the source of mythology; the social engineers' blueprints are merely revised editions of the ancient text.

There are a lot of very brilliant scholars who believe the reason we have incomplete science on evolution is that there is a higher power involved in this.

Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.

Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one's fatherland, which is perishable?