Richard Dawkins

The universe is a cruel and indifferent place. It is only through the efforts of individual humans that any meaning or value can be created.

The meme for blind faith lives on by virtue of the fact that it is itself blind faith.

There is an aesthetic satisfaction in the elegant economy of the universe.

The fact that we are here and that we are able to ask these questions is a testament to the power of evolution.

We are privileged to be alive and to be able to understand something of the universe.

The more statistically improbable a thing is, the less we should assume that it is a product of chance.

The universe is a machine for turning energy into information.

The world has a beauty that is not dependent on any supernatural explanation.

We are all made of stardust.

The idea that there is a God who cares about us is a comforting delusion.

The beauty of the natural world is enhanced, not diminished, by understanding its mechanisms.

We are not here for any purpose. We are here because of a long chain of events that led to our existence.

The only meaning in life is the meaning we create for ourselves.

The universe is a vast and indifferent place, but it is also a place of immense beauty and wonder.

To be an atheist is to be a realist.

The human mind is a product of evolution, and it is therefore fallible.

We are temporary arrangements of matter, but we are also capable of great things.

The idea of a soul is a comforting illusion.

The only immortality we can hope for is in our genes and in our memes.

The world is full of wonder, and we should embrace it.