Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief

Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as true or to believe in them.

...our philosophy has preserved essential traits of animistic modes of thought such as the over-estimation of the magic of words and the belief that real processes in the external world follow the lines laid down by our thoughts.