Voltaire Quotes

If it were proven that there is no God there would be no religion. ...But also if it were proven that there is a God, there would be no religion.

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

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism.

Intellectually, now, I believe that it is a complete vanity to say positively there is no God.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Basically, it comes down to this: do you believe in God, or don't you believe in God.

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

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.

No man has ceased to believe in God before having decided that he should not exist; no book would produce atheism, and no book can restore faith.

I think there will always be a possibility that God doesn't exist because He is infinitude and into that infinitude must come that possibility.

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

What do I believe? I believe in God, if he exists.

Tell me," said the atheist , "Is there a God really?" Said the master, "If you want me to be perfectly honest with you, I will not answer." Later the disciples demanded to know why he had not answered. "Because the question is unanswerable," said the Master. "So you are an atheist?" "Certainly not. The atheist makes the mistake of denying that of which nothing may be said... and the theist makes the mistake of affirming it.

When people say do you believe in God? what do they mean by it? Do I believe in some spiritual force in the world? In a way, yes. People have thoughts, emotions. If you want to call that a spiritual force, okay. But unless there's some clarification of what we're supposed to believe in or disbelieve in, I can't answer.

All things proclaim the existence of God.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

I'm very passionate about philosophy and religion.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

What are the chances there is a God, really?

But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?

There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?

I am surprised that anyone can profess to be an atheist.

The orthodox believers in God are divided into two camps, one of which maintains that the existence of God is as demonstrable as any mathematical proposition, while the other asserts that his existence is not demonstrable to the intellect.

I, for one, can't be sure at all there is a God.