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
Quotations
Faith
Faith never makes a confession.
-Henry David Thoreau
Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
-Stuart Chase
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
-Ezra Pound
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
Faith is composed of the heart’s intention. Light comes through faith… O Faith, give us faith!
-Vedas "Rig Veda"
Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.
-Felix S. Cohen
