"It is thus superstition infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity, and enslaves him with fanaticism."

"If the ignorance of nature gave birth to such a variety of gods, the knowledge of this nature is calculated to destro…"

"When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, th…"

"Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, tha…"

"All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God."

"Pascal proves nothing in favour of Religion, unless that a man of genius may be foolish on some subjects, and is but …"

"Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interes…"

"Suns are extinguished or become corrupted, planets perish and scatter across the wastes of the sky; other suns are ki…"

"Now, if the ignorance of nature gave birth to Gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them."

"We are all just cogs in a machine, doing what we were always meant to do, with no actual volition. (1770)"