Thomas Hobbes Thoughts on Religion
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
Thomas HobbesThe right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.
Thomas HobbesLeisure is the mother of philosophy.
Thomas HobbesIt is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
Thomas HobbesThe disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.
Thomas HobbesWords are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
Thomas HobbesWar consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
Thomas HobbesSuch is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
Thomas HobbesThe privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.
Thomas HobbesLaughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
Thomas HobbesThe life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Thomas HobbesAppetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.
Thomas HobbesHumans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.
Thomas HobbesFear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.
Thomas HobbesThose among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
Thomas MoreIt is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
Thomas JeffersonDifference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.
Thomas JeffersonMy country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Thomas PaineI consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man.
Thomas JeffersonPersecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.
Thomas Paine