they said it better, so let's listen closely

Here are some great quotes I've come across that I wanted to share:

"In The Future of an Illusion, Freud made the obvious point that religion suffered from one incurable deficiency: it was too clearly derived from our own desire to escape from or survive death. ...Who-exccept for an ancient priest seeking to exert power by the tried and tested means of fear-could possibly wish that this hopelessly knotted skein of fable had any veracity?" Christopher Hitchens

"Peacefully they will die, peacefully they will expire in your name, and beyond the grave they will find only death. But we will keep the secret, and for their own happiness we will entice them with a heavenly and eternal reward." the bros. karamazov

"We must never forget Charles Darwin's injunction that even the most highly evolved of us will continue to carry "the indelible stamp of our lowly origin." Christopher Hitchens

"Reason is the devil's harlot, who can do nought but slander and harm whatever God says and does." Martin Luther

"Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift competing as they do in a market place. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people couldn't refuse." Christopher Hitchens