My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Atheism Quotes, Humanity Quotes, Religion Quotes

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Fame is rot; daughters are the thing

Fame is rot; daughters are the thing

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the...

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the...