Quotes for All
Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative forces and can assert one’s will over long periods of time in the form of legislation and customs. Friedrich Nietzsche
The preponderance of pain over pleasure is the cause of our fictitious morality and religion. Friedrich Nietzsche
In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. Friedrich Nietzsche
Faith: not wanting to know what is true. Friedrich Nietzsche
The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other. Francis Bacon
Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs rulers. Fisher Ames
God is no longer an explanation of anything, but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining. Douglas Adams
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose. Clarence Darrow
I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose. Clarence Darrow
We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid. Christopher Hitchens