Proverbs and quotes about faith, belief, and believing something.
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The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
George Bernard ShawThe good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe great advantage of telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
Dorothy L. SayersThe halfwit spoke, and the brainless believed.
The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
Jane AustenSource: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
The only angels we need invoke are those of our better nature: reason, honesty, and love. The only demons we must fear are those that lurk inside every human mind: ignorance, hatred, greed, and faith, which is surely the devil’s masterpiece.
Sam HarrisThe secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.
Karl KrausThe simple believeth every word.
BibleSource: Proverbs 14:15
There's the common veneration (not just by the religious) of faith, namely believing something without a good reason.
Steven PinkerSource: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
VoltaireWe are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.
Winston ChurchillWe are each free to believe what we want, and it's my view that the simplest explanation is; there is no god.
Stephen HawkingWe should always be open-minded, but the only good reason to believe that something exists is if there is real evidence that it does.
Richard DawkinsWhat can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
Sam HarrisWhat is really pernicious is the practice of teaching children that faith itself is a virtue.
Richard DawkinsWhat kind of mind would do something as useless as inventing ghosts and bribing them for good weather?
Steven PinkerSource: How the Mind Works
When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.
Robert M. PirsigWho knows most believes least.
You can worship a sardine's head if you believe in it.