Sam Harris Quotes

Atheism is the last word of theism.

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

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.

Doubt is not an agreeable condition, but certainty is an absurd one.

We cannot infer that because sciences of things divine and human are full of controversies and quarrels, therefore their whole subject-matter is uncertain ; for there have been many persons so enamoured of contradiction, as to turn into ridicule geometrical axioms.

I'm pretty much an atheist, so I'd say this world is the only thing we got.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true. If the only reason you can accept a claim is by faith, then you are admitting that the claim does not stand on its own merits.

If faith is what you have to go on, if faith is the link between your beliefs and the world at large, your beliefs are very likely to be wrong. Beliefs can be right or wrong. If you believe you can fly, that belief is only true if indeed you can fly. Somebody who thinks he can fly, and is wrong about it, will eventually discover there's a problem with his view of the world.

It is among men of genius and science that atheism alone is found.

Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Most atheists bristle at the thought that atheism has anything to do with faith, but not Penn Jillette.

Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of authority, but on establishing truths by reason and argument.

Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.

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

I'm an atheist.

Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist.

Nothing is more dangerous to one's own faith than the work of an apologist. No doctrine of that faith seems to me so spectral, so unreal as one that I have just successfully defended in a public debate.

You must see first before you can believe.

Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it's always interesting how many people toss the facts.