Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Faith
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"
For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it’s okay to remain a radical atheist – it’s absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart – then no problem.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "Dalai Lama Xiv"
I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles.
-Robert Brault
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
-Oscar Wilde
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
-Alfred Korzybski
Faith never makes a confession.
-Henry David Thoreau
The faith of every man, O Arjuna, accords with his nature, Man is made up of faith; as is his faith, so is he. The threefold austerity practiced with faith by men of balanced mind, without any expectation of reward, is said to be pure.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwad Gita 17.3"
Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.
-Felix S. Cohen
