The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Faith
Just because something is unbelievable does not mean you shouldn't believe it. Put another way, some things are worth believing in whether they're true or not.
-Jeb Dickerson
Without faith there is no knowledge, without knowledge there is no virtuous conduct, without virtues there is no deliverance, and without deliverance there is no perfection.
-Scriptures "Uttaradhyayana Sutra 28.30"
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
-Swami Vivekananda
Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.
-Robert Brault
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
-Havelock Ellis
I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.
-Robert Brault
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It is easier to believe than to doubt.
-E. D. Martin
"The Meaning of a Liberal Education"
Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
