faith

"Khrushchev’s wager was that his confession would strengthen the communist movement – and in the short term he was right. One should always remember that the Khrushchev era was the last period of authe…"

"Even after his conversion, the true 'apostate' is not primarily committed to the positive contents of his new belief and to the realization of its aims. He is motivated by the struggle against the old…"

"I do not now pretend to define justifying faith, or to determine precisely how much is contained in it, but only to determine thus much concerning it, viz. That it is that by which the soul, which bef…"

"Only the learned who have studied the origin and development of the authority of the Roman Church, can really understand its greatness. Thus, to create solid and stable convictions in the minds of the…"

"I’m still not even sure I believe that now. Sounds like the sort of bullshit my psych supervisor would say."

"She felt that she had seen beneath the mask of the world, and she could not quite believe in that mask again."

"Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves."

"I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back."

"He distrusted all laws, even the best, while at the same time recognizing the necessity for them. For Joenes, a law took its goodness from the nature of the men who administered it. When the nature of…"

"It is possible to hold a faith with enough confidence to believe that what should be rendered to God does not need to be decided and collected by Caesar."

"I don’t think we should get to the state in this or any other country that if someone has a faith they are regarded as curious. Given that had that framework – and it’s not for me to question his pers…"

"A choice may have to be made between a biased estimator which is believed to be relatively accurate and an unbiased estimator which is demonstrably highly inefficient, and it is by no means obvious th…"

"Had the God of the Quran been the Lord of all creatures, and been Merciful and kind to all, he would never have commanded the Mohammedans to slaughter men of other faiths, and animals, etc. If he is M…"

"Had I believed that there is a real chance of reaching an agreement, I would have recommended making an effort. But that is not the case. The choice we will be facing will be between less than a Genev…"

"One can only blaspheme if one believes."

"I often said that never in the history of the world did one man receive so much faith and trust as Hitler. Similary, no one has ever betrayed so many people and abused so much good faith as he did."

"Some Indian scholars impute to the AIT critics motives or presuppositions which themselves imply the AIT, and which exist only in the eye of the beholder, meaning the AIT believer."

"I also believe in the value of excellence and bringing your best self. My father used to tell me if you’re going to do something, be the best at it."

"I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke."

"The act of greatest subversion … is the one of indifference. A man, or a group, finds it unbearable that someone can be simply uninterested in his, or its, convictions. … There is a degree of complici…"