Quotes by : Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach

When it shall be desired to enlighten man, let him always have truth laid before him. Instead of kindling....

Man cannot cherish his existence any longer than life holds out charms to him: when he is wrought upon....

It is thus religion infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity and fanaticism: if he has....

The power of loving a God whom religion paints as the most detestable of beings would, doubtless, be....

An atheist is a man who does not believe the existence of a God; now, no one can be certain of the existence....

Man’s life is a line that nature commands him to describe upon the surface of the earth, without his....

Let education kindle only those which are truly beneficialto the human species; let it favour those alone....

All children are atheists, they have no idea of God.

How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested....

If the ignorance of nature gave birth to such a variety of gods, the knowledge of this nature is calculated....