Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.
-Felix S. Cohen
Quotations
Faith
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
-Oscar Wilde
Give to faith the things which belong to faith.
-Francis Bacon
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"
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
Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.
-Shannon L. Alder
Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
-Erich Fromm
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
-Benjamin Franklin
