Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
-Seneca the Younger
Quotations
Faith
Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.
-Felix S. Cohen
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
-Voltaire
Faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is light by day and right mindfulness is protection by night.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
-Benjamin Franklin
Give to faith the things which belong to faith.
-Francis Bacon
The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.
-Robert Brault
An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.
-Robert Brault
