Faith Quotes

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.

Robert K. Merton

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.

J. William Fulbright

A lively, disinterested, persistent looking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.

Henri Frdric Amiel

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

Thornton

I have great faith in fools - - Self confidence my friends call it.

Edgar Allan Poe

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Helen Keller, "The World at Her Fingertips" by Joan Dash

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy.

Saint Francis of Assisi

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile!

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses faith loses all.

Henry H. Haskins

No men can be lords of our faith, though they may be helpers of our joy.

John Owen

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

Heinrich Heine

To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

Benjamin Franklin

For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever - Present sense of humor it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence.

George Barrell Cheeve