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Voltaire Quotes about Religion

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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Money, Humor, Religion

Letter to Mme. d'Épinal, Ferney on December 62, 1760. "Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire: Correspondance". Book published by Garnier frères, Paris, Volume IX, letter #4390, p.124, 1881.

The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.

Children, Heart, Religion

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.

Atheist, Religion, Atheism

I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.

Philosophy, Cutting, Religion

Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.128, Penguin

All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

Men, Religion, Different

Voltaire (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French”, p.257

Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.

Silly, Religion, Priests

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

Atheist, Common Sense, Religion

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

God, Atheist, Religion

Epitres no. 96, "A l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs" (1770) See Ovid 2

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

Truth, Religion, Atheism

England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.

Atheist, Two, Religion

Let us meet four times a year in a grand temple with music, and thank God for all his gifts. There is one sun. There is one God. Let us have one religion. Then all mankind will be brethren.

Years, Religion, Thank God

The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.

Religion, Firsts, Fool

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Funny, Religion, Has Beens

Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.

Religion, Affair, Courses

In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.

Christian, Rome, Religion

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