Faith - Quotes
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling, and spending their lives like serfs.
The definition of faith: acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
Sometimes you have to take those first steps, take that leap of faith, and inspire God to catch you.
I want knowledge! Not faith, not assumptions, but knowledge. I want God to stretch out His hand, uncover His face and speak to me.
Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call.
The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science.
Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith. Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.
The only angels we need invoke are those of our better nature: reason, honesty, and love. The only demons we must fear are those that lurk inside every human mind: ignorance, hatred, greed, and faith, which is surely the devil's masterpiece.
We must find our way to a time when faith, without evidence, disgraces anyone who would claim it.