He only is a true atheist to whom the predicates of the Divine Being - for example, love, wisdom and justice - are nothing.

It is as clear as the sun and as evident as the day that there is no God and that there can be none.

[T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

Man first unconsciously and involuntarily creates God in his own image, and after this God consciously and voluntarily creates man in his own image.

He only is a true atheist to whom the predicates of the Divine Being - for example, love, wisdom and justice - are nothing.

Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.