Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
-Seneca the Younger
Quotations
Faith
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
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
-Swami Vivekananda
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"
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
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"
