Mikhail Bakunin Quotes

Where there is no God, all is permitted.

God's is the causality at the level of our being, and therefore the roots of our freedom. Ours in causality is determinative of what kind of being we're going to be through our free choices, what kind of action we are going to do through our decisions.

It is not for the gods to decide whether or not Man exists - it is for Man to decide whether or not the gods exist.

Man thinks, God directs.

I don't claim to know what it means to say that we are made in the image of God, but I profoundly and instinctively believe it and all that it implies.

The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.

This means that to man God gave a degree of free will.

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.

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

The giving of the Torah is a story of God seeking to provide humanity with the opportunity to make moral decisions.

I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

I took two or three months and I came up with a reason that I thought was enough and I went with it: if there is a God he's definitely not benevolent. We should mean less to him than ants. And if there is a God or there are gods they would value, more than anything, free will.

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes people believe God is not involved at all.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.

Lord of myself, accountable to none, but to my conscience, and my God alone.

We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

If we grant freedom to man, there is an end to the omniscience of God.

First of all things, learn to know and love that God to who ye have a double obligation; first, that He made you a man; and next that He made you a little God to sit on his throne and rule over other men.

It is the right and duty of all men publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being.

The doctrine of free will is always in danger of robbing God of his honor

Man is condemned to be free.