Hath God obliged himself not to exceed the bounds of our knowledge? Montaigne, Michel De
Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his image, I reply that he must have been very ugly. Hugo, Victor
I Thy God am the Light and the Mind which were before substance was divided from Spirit and darkness from Light. Divine Pymander, The
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him. Diderot, Denis
In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason. Heine, Heinrich
It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him. Joubert, Joseph
It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. Burke, Edmund
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief – the other contempt. Plutarch
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. Aristotle
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity. Burke, Edmund
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. Voltaire
Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction. Russell, Bertrand
