Believe it, or not. Here are some proverbs and quotes about religion, beliefs and superstition.
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A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.
José BergamínA believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.
Robert G. IngersollA delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.
Richard DawkinsA man without religion is like a horse without a bridle.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Oscar WildeA tree, a religion, a school, and parents are judged by the fruits they produce.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
David HumeAll men are superstitious; they only differ in degrees.
John TolandBefore we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.
Stephen HawkingBelief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
Thomas PaineBelief is a deception you play upon yourself.
Bhagwan Shree RajneeshBelief means not wanting to know what is true.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheBelieve nothing,
No matter where you read it,
Or who has said it,
Not even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.
Gautama BuddhaNo matter where you read it,
Or who has said it,
Not even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.
Blind belief is dangerous.
Churches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another matter.
Daniel DennettComputers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
Joseph CampbellDo polytheists have more wrong beliefs than monotheists?
Even God cannot make two mountains without a valley in between.
Even mild and moderate religion helps to provide the climate of faith in which extremism naturally flourishes.
Richard DawkinsFaith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
VoltaireFaith will move mountains.
For our sins God has created three enemies for us: mice in the house, the fox in the mountains, and a priest in our village.
For those who are born into atheism, it's a faith like any other. The only real atheist is an ex-believer.
Gabriel LauberGive a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.
(unknown author)God and fairies can be wrong as well.
God has no religion.
Mahatma GandhiGod is big, but the forest is bigger.
Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.
Dave BarryHumans are capable of unbelievable cruelty, whether in the name of God or while denying his existence.
(unknown author)I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
Richard DawkinsI believe that I believe in nothing.
MinkukelI believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.
Stephen HawkingI can't think why the Almighty should have wanted to make such a lot of the nasty little creatures – misplaced ingenuity I should call it in anybody else.
Dorothy L. SayersSource: A Presumption of Death
I do not believe in Belief.
E.M. ForsterI don't think you need religion.
Terry JonesI regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
Stephen HawkingI'm an atheist.
Stephen HawkingIf a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the skies.
If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.
David EllerIf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
VoltaireSi Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer
If God existed she would have outlawed religions.
MinkukelIf triangles had a god they would give him three sides.
MontesquieuIf we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.
George AikenIgnorance, if you are a theologian, is something to be washed away by shamelessly making something up.
Christopher HitchensIntolerance is thus intrinsic to every creed.
Sam HarrisSource: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheIt is the belief in roses that makes them flourish.
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark TwainJust as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
Sigmund FreudJust as we have the separation of church and state, we need the separation of state and big capital.
Minkukel