“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy i”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism”
Annie Besant
“A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.”
“Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man”
“A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.”
C.S. Lewis
“All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven in his own way.”
Epictetus