Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Faith
Skepticism is the beginning of Faith.
-Oscar Wilde
Give to faith the things which belong to faith.
-Francis Bacon
It is easier to believe than to doubt.
-E. D. Martin
"The Meaning of a Liberal Education"
There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
-Alfred Korzybski
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
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
-Swami Vivekananda
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
-Thomas Paine
Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
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"
