Faith Quotes


Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge about things without parallel. (Ambrose Bierce)

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. ( Friedrich Nietzsche )

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. (Buddha)

Faith is believing what you know ain’t so. ( Mark Twain)

Faith means not wanting to know what is true. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

I have more faith in my plumber than I do the eternal being. Plumbers do a good job. They keep the shit flowing. (Charles Bukowski)

Skepticism is the highest of duties, and blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ( T. H. Huxley)

To those searching for truth — not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction — faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. ( Thomas Edison)


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