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Eric Maisel Quotes

born 1947 United States

Eric Maisel (born January 14, 1947) is an American psychotherapist, teacher, coach, author and atheist.

United States
Psychologists
Self-help writers

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As men’s prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

You are free to cut off contact with toxic people and to eliminate toxic beliefs from your system.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

We are on the threshold of understanding a shining idea: that each life can have meaning, even if the universe has none.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

Life is a project to live, not a mystery to unravel.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

Every argument for the objectivity of meaning is merely someone’s attempt to elevate her subjective experience and her opinions above yours and mine.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

Religion is excellent cover for the unscrupulous; it is much harder to think than it is to pray.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

The smarter, braver part of you knows that a tradition is only of value if it is of value.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

The universe does not care about fairness; nevertheless, you may decide that you would like to advocate for fairness.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

You will stand up and be counted, even though only you are doing the counting.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

On religion, many are destined to reason wrongly; others not to reason at all; and others to persecute those who do reason.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

It is simply not true that atheists, because of their convictions and their worldview, are as a group more depressed than believers.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

To be ethical is to make ethics, not to mouth ethics.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

We need atheism to grow as a movement because we need to remove the god card from the hands of the selfishly self-interested.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

There are so many believers with good hearts! But that doesn’t make their belief systems any less faulty or, ultimately, dangerous.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

There is no way to complete the sentence “The meaning of life is...” without producing a small, sad result.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

“I nominate myself” means “I won’t follow.” This isn’t hubris: it is simply the fruit of your decision to live on your own terms.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

The atheist’s way is your way. You will take your journey, and it will not be identical to my journey.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

Human beings have always had the potential to know meaninglessness. Modern times activated that potential.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

You nominate yourself to be the one who will courageously do what you think ought to be done, even if everyone is pressing you to do something else.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

Every time that we say that God is the author of some phenomenon, that signifies that we are ignorant of how such a phenomenon was caused by the forces of nature.

The Atheist’s Way (2009)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Eric Maisel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.