Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
-Voltaire
Quotations
Faith
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
-Benjamin Franklin
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
-Henry David Thoreau
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"
For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it’s okay to remain a radical atheist – it’s absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart – then no problem.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "Dalai Lama Xiv"
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the other hand, you trust yourself to the water and let go, you will float, find this exactly the situation of faith.
-Alan Watts
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
-Plato
Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
