Voltaire Quotes

If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too.

For myself, faith begins with a realization that a supreme intelligence brought the universe into being and created man. It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence--an orderly, unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered--'In the beginning God.'

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

By 'God', I understand, a substance which is infinite, independent, supremely intelligent, supremely powerful, and which created both myself and everything else [...] that exists. All these attributes are such that, the more carefully I concentrate on them, the less possible it seems that they could have originated from me alone. So, from what has been said it must be concluded that God necessarily exists.

If God did not exist, he would have to be invented.

There is a God. God exists.

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age.

I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it.

God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.

I'm from the Madeleine L'Engle school. The more she delves into science, the more she knows there's a creator who's behind these amazing laws, these amazing events. The symmetry of nature, the structure and order of it.

No one will presumably ever be able to prove or disprove such fundamental religious principles as the existence of God.

If the omniscient author of nature knew that the study of his works tends to make men disbelieve his Being or Attributes, he would not have given them so many invitations to study and contemplate Nature.

I still can't decide which is silliest; a person believing in a God who 'isn't there,' or a person offended by a God whom he doesn't believe exists.

I always had a background belief in God. In other words, instinctually I've never doubted that we are not alone.

I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We have them because there is a supreme intelligence in the universe, which wishes for communion with us. This supreme intelligence longs to be known. It calls out to us. It draws us close to its mystery, and grants us these remarkable minds, in order that we try to reach for it. It wants us to find it. It wants union with us, more than anything.

The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence.

The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn’t. It’s not a matter of opinion. You can have your own opinions. But you can’t have your own facts.

There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.

Does God exist? Well, I would say, 'not yet'.

I strongly believe in the existence of God, based on intuition, observations, logic, and also scientific knowledge.

What doubt can you have of the Creator when you behold His creation?... Who has decked the heavenly firmament with its stars? Who has clothed the earth in its beauty? How could it be without the creator?

Seems as unfounded ... to say there isn't a God as to say there is.

I think there's a God and I know it's not me.

There must be a God, because I don't know how things work.

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.