To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny. -
Joseph Addison
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the Universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their own human interests. (On My Friendly Critics, Soliloquies in England, 1922) -
George Santayana
Atheism is a non-prophet organization. -
George Carlin
The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without. -
Eric Hoffer
The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief-call it what you will-than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course. -
Alan Alexander
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. -
Orson Welles
Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health, and power. -
Charles Caleb Colton
It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. -
Sir Francis Bacon
