Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Faith
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
-Stuart Chase
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
-Oscar Wilde
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
-Benjamin Franklin
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
-Alfred Korzybski
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
-George Bernard Shaw
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it’s okay to remain a radical atheist – it’s absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart – then no problem.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "Dalai Lama Xiv"
