“ I do not regard the limits of the past and present as the limits of humanity of the future Ludwig Feuerbach
“ [L]et it be remembered that atheism … is the secret of religion … ; religion … in its heart, in its essence, believes in nothing else than the truth and divinity of human nature. Ludwig Feuerbach
“ In reality, where everything passes on naturally, the copy follows the original, the image the thing which it represents, the thought its object, but on the supernatural, miraculous ground of theology… Ludwig Feuerbach
“ [T]he present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original[.] Ludwig Feuerbach
“ The task of the modern era was the realization and humanization of God – the transformation and dissolution of theology into anthropology. Ludwig Feuerbach
“ The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man. Ludwig Feuerbach
“ Faith in the power of prayer … is … faith in miraculous power; and faith in miracles is … the essence of faith in general. … [F]aith is nothing else than confidence in the reality of the subjective in… Ludwig Feuerbach
“ Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires. By promising man eternal life, it deprived him of temporal life, by… Ludwig Feuerbach
“ If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism — at least in the sense of this work — is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed on… Ludwig Feuerbach
“ I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood. Ludwig Feuerbach
“ To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred. Ludwig Feuerbach
