Atheists are the most honest of the human race. These people are unable to live a double life; they are unable to lie to themselves. Of course, it's an evolutionary handicap, and if that handicap was widespread, our species would run the risk of extinction

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

A totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that I be forgiven for anything I may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness.  Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which I may be eligible after the destruction of my body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.

— Roger Zelazny

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

— Carl R White

But she was finding it increasingly easy to believe that God, if there was a God, and if it was remotely possible that any godlike being who could order the disposition of particles at the creation of the Universe would also be interested in directing traffic on the M4, did not want her to fly to Norway either.

— Douglas Adams

Can really anybody put his hand on his heart and profess to know beyond doubt what happens on the other side of this life?

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Don't create unbelief or doubt in people's minds. When you do so you ruin their lives, and you have nothing to give them in its place. It's ok if people delude themselves those delusions keep their day running.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Don’t curse the gods you will feel shame when you have to call on them for help

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.

— Criss Jami

Each mind conceives god in its own way. There may be as many variations of the god figure as there are people in the world

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss.

— Cesar Nascimento