"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous."
- David Hume
"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions."
"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."
"It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses."
"No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping."
"It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause"
"When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived or that the fact whic..."
"As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that con..."
"To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian."
"Here then we are first to consider a book, presented to us by a barbarous and ignorant people, written in an age when they were still more barbarous, and in all probability long after the facts which ..."