In her novels, Sand frequently used the word "God," but described it as "an avatar of which the meaning is often an enigma."

"God is too absent from his work, and there is no trace of the wonderful balm of mysticism."

"The Supreme Being is best displayed by the fixed and unalterable order of nature." Rousseau was expelled from Geneva for "irreligion."

Augustus de Morgan was a Theist with an ethical appreciation of Christianity. He described himself as an "unattached Christian," and refused to join even the Unitarian Church.

1977) "He passionately believed that Buddhism promoted a far better attitude toward daily life than did Christianity."

"I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and the angels. I have enough for this life."

"In theory it is still possible to be an orthodox religious believer without being intellectually crippled in the process; but it is far from easy."

"Hood an ass with reverend purple," wrote Jonson, "so you can hide his two ambitious ears, and he shall pass for a cathedral doctor."

Supernatural entities simply do not exist... [O]ur cosmos does not possess a supernatural and eternal God... As science advances, belief in divine miracles and the efficacy of prayer becomes fainter and fainter.

Look, I'm an atheist. People say to me, do you believe in God? No, I don't believe in God... I have to have some proof of something.