Proverbs and quotes about faith, belief, and believing something.
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A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.
José BergamínA believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.
Robert G. IngersollA wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
David HumeAll the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.
J.M. BarrieSource: Peter Pan
An optimist is one who believes that a fly is looking for a way to get out.
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
Gore VidalBefore we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.
Stephen HawkingBelief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
Thomas PaineBelief is a deception you play upon yourself.
Bhagwan Shree RajneeshBelief means not wanting to know what is true.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheBelieve nothing,
No matter where you read it,
Or who has said it,
Not even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.
Gautama BuddhaNo matter where you read it,
Or who has said it,
Not even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.
Blind belief is dangerous.
Blind faith.
Belief without true understanding, perception, or discrimination.Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.
Thomas S. MonsonDemocracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
H.L. MenckenDon't believe everything you read, not even in a good book.
MinkukelEven mild and moderate religion helps to provide the climate of faith in which extremism naturally flourishes.
Richard DawkinsEverybody needs something to believe. I believe I'll have another cup of coffee!
Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.
Richard DawkinsFaith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
VoltaireFaith has been broken, tears must be cried
Let's do some living after we die
The Rolling StonesLet's do some living after we die
Source: From song lyrics: Wild Horses
Faith will move mountains.
He can who believes he can.
Believe in your own potential to get good results.Hope and faith flower from the cheerful seeds of the old year to the sprouting garden of the new year's dawn.
Terri GuillemetsI believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
John SteinbeckI believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Frank Lloyd WrightI believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
Audrey HepburnI believe that I believe in nothing.
MinkukelI believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.
Henry David ThoreauI believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.
Stephen HawkingI believe things cannot make themselves impossible.
Stephen HawkingI believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
Mick JaggerI do not believe in Belief.
E.M. ForsterI don't believe in God as I don't believe in Mother Goose.
Clarence DarrowI lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.
S.E. HintonIf something is unbelievable, ... don't believe it!
MinkukelIt is the belief in roses that makes them flourish.
Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
Sigmund FreudMen never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
Blaise PascalOptimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.
Noam ChomskyOptimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen KellerOur enemy is nothing other than faith itself.
Sam HarrisPainting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
Vincent van GoghPantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism.
Richard DawkinsSource: The God delusion
People can believe in evolution without understanding it, and vice versa.
Steven PinkerSource: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.
Malcolm MuggeridgePower resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick; a shadow on the wall.
(unknown author)Source: Game of Thrones
Quoted: Varys
Pray = To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.
Ambrose BierceProperly speaking, there is no certainty; there are only people who are certain.
(unknown author)Religion is called "faith" precisely because it trusts things unseen.
Frans de Waal