“One may sigh for all that one loses in giving up the old religion... but the new irreligion is the manlier, honester and simpler thing, and affords a better throry of life and a more solid basis for morality.” GivingMayLosesAtheismMoralityGiving UpBasesPositive AtheismSighIrreligion Author:Charles Eliot Norton
“It does not seem to me that the evidence concerning the being of a God, and concerning immortality, is such as to enable us to assert anything in regard to either of these topics.” DoeSeemsAtheismEvidenceRegardPositive AtheismImmortalityTopics Book:The Correspondence of John Ruskin and Charles Eliot Norton Source: The Correspondence of John Ruskin and Charles Eliot Norton
“The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.” ReligiousLossRaceStepsAtheismPositive AtheismMaturityCivilizedPortionsReligious FaithChildishness Book:Letters of Charles Eliot Norton Source: Letters of Charles Eliot Norton
