The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotations
Faith
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
-Swami Vivekananda
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
Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us…
-Paulo Coelho
"The Witch Of Portobello"
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
-Mahatma Gandhi
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
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
I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.
-Robert Brault
