A man lives by believing something, not by debating and arguing about many things.
-Thomas Carlyle
Quotations
Faith
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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"
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
-Adolf Hitler
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
-Henry David Thoreau
I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles.
-Robert Brault
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
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
