Terry Pratchett Quotes About Atheist

Quotes about: Atheist

• The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

  Terry Pratchett

  Death, Wisdom, Atheist

  FaceBook post by Terry Pratchett from Apr 19, 2016

• No it's not!" said Constable Visit. "Atheism is a denial of a god." "Therefore It Is A Religious Position," said Dorfl. "Indeed, A True Atheist Thinks Of The Gods Constantly, Albeit In Terms of Denial. Therefore, Atheism Is A Form Of Belief. If The Atheist Truly Did Not Believe, He Or She Would Not Bother To Deny.

  Terry Pratchett

  Religious, Atheist, Believe

  Terry Pratchett (1996). “Feet of Clay: A Novel of Discworld”, Harper Prism

• Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and strong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh, random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!" or "Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!

  Terry Pratchett

  Religious, Atheist, Strong

• It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact of the matter was that the Disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing their windows.

  Terry Pratchett

  Atheist, Turtles, Numbers

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1)”, p.103, Random House

• Rincewind shivered. He was not, of course, an atheist; on the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists. On the few occasions when he had some spare change he had always made a point of dropping a few coppers into a temple coffer, somewhere, on the principle that a man needed all the friends he could get. But usually he didn't bother the Gods, and he hoped the Gods wouldn't bother him. Life was quite complicated enough.

  Terry Pratchett

  Life, God, Atheist

• He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.

  Terry Pratchett

  Atheist, Giving, Discworld

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.199, Random House

• You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.

  Terry Pratchett

  Atheist, Order, Listening

• On the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists.

  Terry Pratchett

  Atheist, Atheism, Discs

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1)”, p.259, Random House

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