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
Quotations
Faith
Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live.
-Joseph B. Wirthlin
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
-Swami Vivekananda
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
-Seneca the Younger
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
-Benjamin Franklin
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
-Swami Vivekananda
I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.
-Robert Brault
Faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is light by day and right mindfulness is protection by night.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
-Khalil Gibran
