Richard Dawkins

The meme for blind faith is a virus of the mind.

Natural selection is a blind watchmaker.

The less you know, the more you believe.

We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

The theory of evolution is so elegant, so powerful, so beautiful.

The purpose of life is to perpetuate the genes.

Science is not just for scientists. It's for everyone.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

The argument from design, once a bulwark of theism, has been demolished by Darwin's theory of natural selection.

There is no such thing as a 'Christian child' or a 'Muslim child.' There are only children.

The universe is a cold, hard, indifferent place, and we are alone in it.

I am an atheist, but I am not an anti-theist.

The human brain is a machine for generating hypotheses.

The world is full of wonders, and science is the best way to explore them.

The idea of a personal God is a childish delusion.

We are lucky to be alive. The universe is a vast and empty place, and we are a tiny speck of consciousness in it.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

The theory of evolution is a powerful and elegant explanation for the diversity of life on Earth.

The universe is not designed for us. We are designed for the universe.

Religion is a virus of the mind.