Quotes About Belief

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool. Any man who is still communist at the age of thirty is an even bigger one.

There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?

Common sense is merely the deposit of prejudice laid down in the human mind before the age of 18.

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine.

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

Nobody believes the official spokesman, but everybody trusts an unidentified source.

A man's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick.

I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.

How can I believe in God when only last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans.

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him.

One with God is a majority.

Did you hear about the dyslexic, agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wondering if there really is a Dog?

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realised that The Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.