An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.
-Robert Brault
Quotations
Faith
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"
Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.
-Robert Brault
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
-Ezra Pound
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
-Havelock Ellis
Give to faith the things which belong to faith.
-Francis Bacon
The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.
-Shannon L. Alder
