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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

Umberto Eco
Atheist, Believe, Men
Umberto Eco (2007). “Foucault's Pendulum”, p.615, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

Umberto Eco
Dream, Atheist, Scripture
Umberto Eco (2014). “The Name of the Rose”, p.468, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

To escape the power of the unknown, to prove to yourself that you don't believe in it, you accept its spells. Like an avowed atheist who sees the Devil at night, you reason: He certainly doesn't exist; this is therefore an illusion, perhaps a result of indigestion. But the Devil is sure that he exists, and believes in his upside-down theology. What, then, will frighten him? You make the sign of the cross, and he vanishes in a puff of brimstone.

Umberto Eco
Atheist, Believe, Book
Umberto Eco (2007). “Foucault's Pendulum”, p.171, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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