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Friedrich Nietzsche2 quotes
God is dead: but as the human race is constituted, there will perhaps be caves for millenniums yet, in which people will show his shadow. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1882"Where is God gone?" he called out. "I mean to tell you! We have killed him,—you and I! We are all his murderers!" — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1882Anton Chekhov1 quote
Between "God exists" and "There is no God" lies a whole enormous field which a true sage has great difficulty in crossing. But a Russian knows only one of these two extremes and the middle between them doesn't interest him, which is why he knows nothing or very little... A good man's indifference is as good as any religion. — Anton Chekhov · 1921Antonius Block1 quote
Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call. — Antonius Block · 1957Baron d'Holbach1 quote
If ignorance of nature gave birth to the Gods, knowledge of nature is destined to destroy them. — Baron d'Holbach · 1770Ben Jonson1 quote
Twas only fear first in the world made gods. — Ben Jonson · 1603Blaise Pascal1 quote
God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Boris Grushenko1 quote
If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. — Boris Grushenko · 1975Fyodor Dostoevsky1 quote
But what will become of men then? I asked him, without God and immortal life? — Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880George Sand1 quote
I would rather believe that God did not exist than believe that He was indifferent. — George Sand · 1896Georges Duhamel1 quote
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. — Georges Duhamel · 1937John Lennon1 quote
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971Julian Huxley1 quote
Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927Luis Bunuel1 quote
In the end, belief and the lack of it amount to the same thing. If someone were to prove to me-right this minute-that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn't change a single aspect of my behavior. — Luis Bunuel · 1982Ovid1 quote
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are. — Ovid · 2Peter De Vries1 quote
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. — Peter De Vries · 1958Rene Descartes1 quote
I could not possibly exist with the nature I actually have, that is, one endowed with the idea of God, unless there really is a God; the very God, I mean, of whom I have an idea. — Rene Descartes · 1641Robert G. Ingersoll1 quote
An honest God is the noblest work of man. — Robert G. Ingersoll · 1874Samuel Beckett1 quote
Let us pray to God... The bastard! He doesn't exist! — Samuel Beckett · 1957Thomas Nagel1 quote
It isn't just that I don't believe in God... It's that I hope there is no God! I don't want there to be a God; I don't want the universe to be like that. — Thomas Nagel · 1997Voltaire1 quote
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. — Voltaire · 1768William James1 quote
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences. — William James · 1906Woody Allen1 quote
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. — Woody Allen · 1973