ATHEISM

Related Subjects: Belief, Doubt, God, Gods and Goddesses, Heresy, Piety

1. A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.—BACON, Of Atheism
   

2. I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.—BACON, Of Atheism
   

3. Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.—BACON, Of Atheism
   

4. There was never miracle wrought by God to convert an atheist, because the light of nature might have led him to confess a God.—BACON, Advancement of Learning
   

5. Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue.—BACON, Essays
   

6. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.—Bible, Psalms 14:1
   

7. There is no proselyter half so energetic as the hard-shelled atheist
   .. Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.—HEYWOOD BROUN, Preface to The Fifty-First Dragon
   

8. An atheist's laugh's a poor exchange
   For Deity offended!—BURNS, Epistle to a Young Friend
   

9. Who seeks perfection in the art
   Of driving well an ass and cart,
   Or painting mountains in a mist,
   Seeks God although an Atheist.—FRANCIS CARLIN, Perfection
   

10. Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place,
    (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism,
    Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon,
    Drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close,
    And hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven,
    Cries out "Where is it?"—COLERIDGE, Fears in Solitude
    

11. Atheism is the last word of theism.—HEINE

12. The fool hath said: There is no God!
    No God! Who lights the morning sun,
    And sends him on his heavenly road,
    A far and brilliant course to run?—WILLIAM KNOX, The Atheist
    

13. A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.—NAPOLEON
    

14. Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods, ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction.—PLATO, Laws
    

15. An atheist is one point beyond the devil.—Proverb
    

16. Some are atheists only in fair weather.—Proverb
    

17. 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 human interests.—SANTAYANA, Soliloquies in England
    

18. By night an atheist half believes a God.—EDWARD YOUNG, Night Thoughts