The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotations
Faith
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
-Benjamin Franklin
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
-Mahatma Gandhi
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"
Skepticism is the beginning of Faith.
-Oscar Wilde
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live.
-Joseph B. Wirthlin
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.
-Robert Brault
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
-Ezra Pound
