In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
Blaise PascalThe chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
H. L. MenckenIn politics stupidity is not a handicap.
Napoleon BonaparteSeeing is not always believing.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
George EliotOne should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Bertrand RussellMy dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd.
Christopher HitchensI don’t believe in honors – it bothers me. Honors bother: honors is epaulettes; honors is uniforms. My papa brought me up this way.
Richard P. FeynmanI am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
Abraham LincolnThe existing world economic order constitutes a system of plundering and exploitation like no other in history. Thus, the peoples believe less and less in statements and promises.
Fidel CastroI would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.
Friedrich NietzscheIf you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
Will RogersThe answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
Margaret AtwoodThe smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
Henry David ThoreauGod gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
Franz KafkaI believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?
John LennonAll who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.
Martin LutherIndustry need not wish.
Benjamin FranklinI read the book of Job last night, I don’t think God comes out well in it.
Virginia WoolfAll in all, I just don’t trust journalists – and I don’t think it’s a good practice for me to trust journalists.
Frank OceanIn times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
Wayne DyerIf you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
Dalai LamaPeople are skeptical of many televangelists, and I’m sensitive to that.
Joel OsteenWhen you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.
Walt DisneyI’d like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don’t have misconceptions – they understand. I believe that.
Angelina JolieOnly God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.
Billy GrahamGod is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Mahatma GandhiThe U.S. is off the spectrum in religious commitment.
Noam ChomskyDo I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
George W. BushMartyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.
Franz KafkaIntellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
Noam ChomskyNext to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
William Makepeace ThackerayThis is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.
Virginia WoolfI confused things with their names: that is belief.
Jean-Paul SartreOur daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.
Nelson MandelaThere is no hope of anyone going to Heaven unless they believe this truth I am presenting. You cannot go to Heaven unless you believe with all your heart that Jesus took your place in Hell.
Joyce MeyerGold was a gift to Jesus. If it’s good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me!
Mr. TNow, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
William ShakespeareAll I know is that, thanks to a sort of habit which has always been ingrained in me, I have never, at any moment of my life, experienced the least difficulty in addressing myself to God as to a supreme Someone.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinI believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.
Stephen HawkingThis is America. You’re entitled to believe what you want.
John KennedyI do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
BuddhaFaith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
Blaise PascalThe difference is too nice – Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
Alexander PopeFaith… must be enforced by reason… when faith becomes blind it dies.
Mahatma GandhiAll formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.
HypatiaChristianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.
Joyce MeyerI don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.
Arthur C. ClarkeNevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
H. L. MenckenTo be Catholic is the only way of being fully and utterly Christian.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinNo policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
Abraham LincolnThe voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
Alexander HamiltonGod always has patience.
Pope FrancisI just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people’s throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness.
Joyce MeyerThere are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‚Thy will be done,‘ and those to whom God says, ‚All right, then, have it your way.‘
C. S. LewisYou sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.
J. K. RowlingWhat I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
Barack ObamaWhat is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
Benjamin DisraeliI don’t believe in nepotism. I don’t much like the idea of parents who interfere.
Anthony HopkinsNobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.
Bill Gates