The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe less you think, the more you believe.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
-
-
My objection to supernatural beliefs is precisely that they miserably fail to do justice to the sublime grandeur of the real world. They represent a narrowing-down from reality, an impoverishment of what the real world has to offer.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Unfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop being true.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
RICHARD DAWKINS