Skepticism is the beginning of Faith.
-Oscar Wilde
Quotations
Faith
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
-Oscar Wilde
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"
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
-Khalil Gibran
Give to faith the things which belong to faith.
-Francis Bacon
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
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
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
-Ezra Pound
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
-Mahatma Gandhi
To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
-Benjamin Franklin
