Those who think religion is about belief don’t understand religion, and don’t understand belief.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Faith
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
-Thomas Fuller
The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
-Mahatma Gandhi
There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
-Alfred Korzybski
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
-Seneca the Younger
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
-Khalil Gibran
Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
-Oscar Wilde
Faith is realizing that you always get what you need.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
"Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge"
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"
