Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Quotations
Faith
Faith never makes a confession.
-Henry David Thoreau
The faith of every man, O Arjuna, accords with his nature, Man is made up of faith; as is his faith, so is he. The threefold austerity practiced with faith by men of balanced mind, without any expectation of reward, is said to be pure.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwad Gita 17.3"
Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.
-Paul Johannes Tillich
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Faith is not so much something we believe; faith is something we live.
-Joseph B. Wirthlin
Just because something is unbelievable does not mean you shouldn't believe it. Put another way, some things are worth believing in whether they're true or not.
-Jeb Dickerson
Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
"Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge"
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
-Benjamin Franklin
An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.
-Robert Brault
