The moment you shift the conversation to God ... you can pretend to know things you absolutely and obviously cannot know.

Quote by Sam Harris

Topics: Anti Religious Quotes

It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious...

It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious...

Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be...

Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be...

The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One...

The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One...

What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about 'right' and 'wrong,'...

What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about 'right' and 'wrong,'...

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these...

All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these...

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

The devil is and always has been a gentleman.

The devil is and always has been a gentleman.

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon...

The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon...

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we...

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we...

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Integrity has no need of rules.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of...

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man...

You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man...

In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good....

In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good....

The child weeps for its good and the old man for his ill.

The child weeps for its good and the old man for his ill.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...