A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
-Havelock Ellis
Quotations
Faith
Give to faith the things which belong to faith.
-Francis Bacon
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
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
Faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is light by day and right mindfulness is protection by night.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Some things aren't meant to be known. Only believed.
-Mary E. Pearson
"The Adoration of Jenna Fox"
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
-Benjamin Franklin
Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
