There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
-Alfred Korzybski
Quotations
Faith
Give to faith the things which belong to faith.
-Francis Bacon
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
It is easier to believe than to doubt.
-E. D. Martin
"The Meaning of a Liberal Education"
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
-Ezra Pound
Faith is composed of the heart’s intention. Light comes through faith… O Faith, give us faith!
-Vedas "Rig Veda"
Without faith there is no knowledge, without knowledge there is no virtuous conduct, without virtues there is no deliverance, and without deliverance there is no perfection.
-Scriptures "Uttaradhyayana Sutra 28.30"
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
-Benjamin Franklin
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
-Martin Luther King, Jr. "Martin Luther King. Jr"
