Nick Cave Quotes

As I read more and I got into philosophy and met a lot of friends who weren't Christians, it became difficult for me to sustain the belief structure in the supernatural.

I don't believe in God.

When I learned that there was such a thing as an atheist, I looked it up - and found out that the definition fitted me to a tee. Finally, at the age of 24, I found out who and what I was. Better late than never.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

God has a plan for everybody's life, so there was obviously a reason why He wanted me to go to Notre Dame. Everything happens for a reason.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

I don't think things happen for a reason, but I think it's perfectly possible to experience life meaningfully.

I'm not a religious person at all.

Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Atheists should point out that life without God can be meaningful, moral and happy.

Inner-life questions are the kind everyone asks, with or without benefit of God-talk: 'Does my life have meaning and purpose?' 'Do I have gifts that the world wants and needs?' 'Whom and what shall I serve?' 'Whom and what can I trust?' 'How can I rise above my fears?'

I don't think atheism means one does not believe in a spiritual life. I think it means one does not follow the tenets of the established religions.

I don't believe in a personal god. It's good to give thanks, whether or not there's a god. There's no reason not to live life to the fullest. Morality is all the more important for people who don't expect to get a piece of celestial candy after they die.

I was experiencing all the success the entertainment industry has to offer, but I knew there had to be something more. It was sort of through that God prepared me to hear about His great plan.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

I consider myself a spiritual atheist. I certainly believe there are forces bigger than ourselves, and that we should be searching, individually, for meaning in our lives. But I don't believe there's a supreme being, an intelligence that created everything.

I don't see any god up here.

You give up a lot being an atheist.

I gave up religious thinking a long time ago and am really just an agnostic now.

I'm not a religious person. Chances are that the universe neither treasures nor regrets us.

People who are stuck in a Catholic church, that's OK for them because that's what they need right now.

I try to live my life with grace and through grace even though I don't particularly believe in the divine - and that's a direct result of my having been raised Catholic.

I'm not searching for the meaning of life, but I'm looking for a meaning within my life.

Maybe utopianism is my form of religion in a world without God.