Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
-Thomas Paine
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"
Faith never makes a confession.
-Henry David Thoreau
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.
-Paul Johannes Tillich
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 is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
-Ezra Pound
Faith is nothing more than the conscious choice of the God within.
-Mahatma Gandhi
To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
-Benjamin Franklin
