Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.
-Felix S. Cohen
Quotations
Faith
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
Faith never makes a confession.
-Henry David Thoreau
The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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"
Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.
-Robert Brault
Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.
-Shannon L. Alder
Some things aren't meant to be known. Only believed.
-Mary E. Pearson
"The Adoration of Jenna Fox"
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
-Stuart Chase
