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Richard Dawkins Quotes

Biography: Richard Dawkins is renowned for his work in evolutionary biology and h... more Biography: Richard Dawkins is renowned for his work in evolutionary biology and his advocacy of atheism. He wrote influential books like "The Selfish Gene" and "The God Delusion," which popularized gene-centered evolution and critiqued religion. As a prominent public intellectual, Dawkins has contributed significantly to scientific discourse. less

"Science brings us closer to the truth than does any other human activity."

Tags: Knowledge, Understanding, Truth, Science, Discovery

"There is something very odd about the respect accorded to religion."

Tags: Philosophy, Faith, Belief, Society, Religion

"God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture."

Tags: Philosophy, Existence, Religion, God, Sociology

"We are digital minds in an analog world."

Tags: Innovation, Future, Technology, Modern society, Digital transformation

"The less you think, the more you believe."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Mindfulness, Faith, Introspection

"The universe doesn’t care what you believe. You can’t redeem yourself; redeeming is what you do to something you’ve done wrong."

Tags: Personal growth, Philosophy, Self-awareness, Belief, Existentialism

"Secularism teaches us to be good for our own sake."

Tags: Personal growth, Philosophy, Self-improvement, Ethics, Morality

"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion."

Tags: Philosophy, Mental health, Psychology, Belief, Religion

"By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Balance, Critical thinking, Intelligence

"We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-awareness, Human nature, Humanity, Existentialism

"It is grindingly, creakingly, crashingly obvious that if Darwinism were really a theory of chance, it could not work."

Tags: Science, Evolution, Biology, Determinism, Natural selection

"Science is the poetry of reality."

Tags: Inspiration, Philosophy, Knowledge, Understanding, Truth

"I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."

Tags: Faith, Belief, Religion, Criticism, Evil

"To live at all is miracle enough."

Tags: Philosophy, Life, Existence, Gratitude, Appreciation

"Climbing Mount Improbable."

Tags: Inspiration, Perseverance, Achievement, Ambition, Nature