faith

"William James used to preach the "will-to-believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will-to-doubt." None of our beliefs are quite true; all at least have a penumbra of vagueness and error. W…"

"This is a wonderful story that was told to the people in the desert, in order to distract them from the fact that they did not have air conditioning. I would love to have the faith to believe that it …"

"In order to reach universal suffrage we need to build trust."

"I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat. My Cat is a Lilliecat Hubvously. What a lilliecat it is. There never was such a Lilliecat. Its Name is JELLYORUM and…"

"It is to be believed because it is absurd."

"The conflation of faith as “unevidenced belief” with its vernacular use as “confidence based on experience” is simply a word trick used to buttress religion."

"Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause."

"He came down even to the grave, and .became the dead One for me. I believe in Him, and, as one with Him, I leap at one bound straight out of my grave up to His throne. " I am crucified with Christ; ne…"

"Our lives are guided by that general conception of the course of things which has been created by society for social purposes. Our words, our phrases, our forms and processes and modes of thought, are…"

"I see here some foolish ones fidgeting and wondering why the guards do not remove me from the floor. Save your energy, for the guards cannot touch me. Nor can you so much as rise from your seats to la…"

"Well, I always believe that when you fail, you get up and try again and again. It's whether that what we have been doing is worthwhile or not"

"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."

"The speech is admirable, but the speaker is not to be trusted; for he has never been amid the blare of trumpets."

"My Marxism has taken root and become purified. I believe in armed struggle as the only solution for those peoples who fight to free themselves, and I am consistent with my beliefs."

"As a man of the Congress, let me reaffirm my conviction that the collective wisdom of our two great legislative bodies, while not infallible, will in the end serve the people faithfully and very, very…"

"I’d ask you to forego the jingoistic claptrap, but it’s terrifyingly obvious you truly believe it."

"I believe it is clearly in our national interest to remain a member of the European Union."

"I believe that producing pictures, as I do, is almost solely a question of wanting so very much to do it well."

"To trust God, as seen in the face of His Son, and to believe that He loves us, that is faith, that is what we must do to be saved. And to love God, as seen in the face of His Son, and to seek to testi…"

"She no longer believes very strongly in belief... Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an idea to make it run. As happens when one writes: be…"