Quotes About Belief

Of course I doubt. I do not practice a certainty. I practice a faith.

It's still possible to be a cockeyed optimist these days — you just have to be a little more cockeyed.

Though you lose all hope, there is still hope, and it loves to surprise.

Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it.

There is a tendency to see divine intervention in things that happen in the normal course of miracles.

It can be said of optimism that while sometimes mistaken, it is never sadly mistaken.

It comes down to whether you believe in seven miraculous escapes a week or one guardian angel.

In comparing religious belief to science, I try to remember that science is belief also.

How do you tell an optimist that he or she has lived a happy life by mistake?

The secret to happiness is to put the burden of proof on unhappiness.

As you reach for understanding, you find that your ladder of facts isn't long enough, and you try to extend it by adding a rung of faith. Eventually you see that the task is hopeless, and you put away your ladder of facts and go get a ladder of faith.

To accept on faith is the basic requirement for getting on with life.

To trade a childhood wonder for a plausible explanation — is there a worst trade one makes in life?

Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them.

I was once a skeptic but was converted by the two missionaries on either side of my nose.

Sometimes, as practice for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists.

What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt.

You can as easily love without trusting as you can hug without embracing.

Always carry with you a little reasonable doubt, should you meet someone who needs to be found innocent.

Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.

We find things where we look for them, which is why I never look for a golf ball out of bounds.

Skepticism is a religion very rich in evangelists but very short on saviors.

I guess I have never really doubted that we are all born to our guardian angel.

It is not only possible to be the person you pretend to be, but there is less effort involved.