Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
-Seneca the Younger
Quotations
Faith
Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
-Erich Fromm
Faith never makes a confession.
-Henry David Thoreau
Some things aren't meant to be known. Only believed.
-Mary E. Pearson
"The Adoration of Jenna Fox"
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
-Martin Luther King, Jr. "Martin Luther King. Jr"
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
-Stuart Chase
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe so that you may understand.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
-Benjamin Franklin
You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the other hand, you trust yourself to the water and let go, you will float, find this exactly the situation of faith.
-Alan Watts
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
