“I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But I should scorn to shiver …
Publications
Juan Mendez
“I am an atheist because I’ve found no faith in any deity from Thor to Zeus. I am so grateful for the work the people in this room have done …
Ralph Waldo Emerson (Quote)
“The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain.” (Ralph Waldo …
Jennifer Ouellette
“I don’t need to tell anyone here that morality is not the exclusive domain of belief in a god. Anyone can live a good, fulfilling life, even without religion.” …
Jean Hanff Korelitz
“More important than the fact that I’m not a Mormon is the fact that I’m an atheist, and I became an atheist at the age of 8.” …
Henry Fonda
“There had never been any renunciation of religion on my part, but like so many people, it was a gradual fading away.” …
Brian Eno
“Basically, Abrahamic religion belongs to the Middle Ages, and we’re moving beyond that now. We’re moving beyond wanting religion to do things it used to do. It used to have …
Louis “Studs” Terkel
“TIPPETT: So, you know, one thing that is very striking that I didn’t expect is that this book, your book about death, it’s really a very religious book. TERKEL: Religious …
L. Frank Baum
“With his skepticism toward God — or men posing as gods — Baum affirmed the idea of human fallibility, but also the idea of human divinity. The Wizard may be …