Quotes About Belief

Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.

Reason is the lesser faith that steers us when we have already lost a greater one.

She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to

When people lose faith in the idea, you have to let them go, because they start to undermine it for everyone else.

I learned that faith isn't about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It's something more, something more costly because it involves being present and making a sacrifice.

The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance.

I'd be the last person in the world to deny that there are many people for whom faith is - can be a great sustaining force.

Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.

I have a lot of faith and confidence in Cuban democracy.

We human beings instinctively regard the seen world as the "real" world and the unseen world as the "unreal" world, but the Bible calls for almost the opposite.

For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost.

Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.

That's the thing about faith. It works.

We need people to really stand for faith and trust, not hope and change.

...in his gambling, he had one besetting weakness -- faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain.

Faith lights us through the dark to Deity.

Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.

Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.

She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said.

Robust faith in oneself and brave trust of the opponent, so called or real, is the best safeguard.

The problem is not with the faith, but with the faithful

Religion and science have always been matters of faith in something. It is the same something.

That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.