The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotations
Faith
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
-Khalil Gibran
I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.
-Robert Brault
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
-Thomas Fuller
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
-George Bernard Shaw
Skepticism is the beginning of Faith.
-Oscar Wilde
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
-Seneca the Younger
You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the other hand, you trust yourself to the water and let go, you will float, find this exactly the situation of faith.
-Alan Watts
I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles.
-Robert Brault
The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
