Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers.

Now I have to say I'm a complete atheist, I have no religious views myself and no spiritual views, except very watered down humanistic spiritual views, and consciousness is just a fact of life, it's a natural fact of life.

My practice as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god, angel, or devil is going to interfere with its course; and this assumption has been justified by such success as I have achieved in my professional career. I should therefore be intellectually dishonest if I were not also atheistic in the affairs of the world.

Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable of developing values that succeed in satisfying human needs and serving human interests.

He never falls into the trap of the word "freedom".

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.

I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at that. We all have to believe we can find the truth. Evidence is my guide. I rely on observation, experimentation and verification.

Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth.

You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.

There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs.

To me, what philosophy does best is reflect on knowledge that's generated in other areas.

The reason to be an atheist is not that it makes us feel better or gives us a more rewarding life. The reason to be an atheist is simply that there is no God and we would prefer to live in full recognition of that, accepting the consequences, even if it makes us less happy.

First, philosophy concerns itself with all kinds of issues that don't get much airtime in day-to-day life. What's the nature of reality? Can we ever truly know anything, and if so, how? What does it mean to be a moral agent? And while we're at it, is there any such thing as agency anyway?

If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar.

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

By the time I had got to college, I had begun to read and had decided that most of what Christians believed could not be credible. So I became a philosophy major at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.

Since Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world.

I think that technology is essentially a continuation of a divestment of theological power that's been happening since The Enlightenment. It's the idea that God can see and hear everything.

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.