Quotes About Belief

We always plan too much and always think too little. We resent a call to thinking and hate unfamiliar argument that does not tally with what we already believe or would like to believe.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

A kind, courteous Christian is the most powerful argument in favor of the gospel that can be produced.

Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.

When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.

Good and happy people who believe in God are the greatest living arguments for God's existence

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.

All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.

What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.

I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

Do they believe their cause so just that they are above and beyond the truth?

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument

When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.

...part of the mind's job was to cast doubt on what the heart knew to be true, and the heart, because it had no words, often lost the argument

Religious contention is the devil's harvest.

Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from the cradle.

If you have a very commanding argument that you cannot refute, not to accept the argument is to act irrationally.