Famously Said Random quote

People/Thomas Paine/Quote

Thomas Paine1737–1809

Thomas Paine on faith

I have no wish to believe on that subject.

Last words (June 1809), as quoted in Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, by Christopher Hitchens (Grove Press, 2008), p. 140

Quote and source from Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

More from Thomas Paine

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
As quoted in The Crisis No. IV (12 September 1777)
- Freedom
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.
First Principles of Government (1795)
- Liberty
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
“The Crisis” (written 19 December 1776, published 23 December 1776), no. 1, in Moncure D. Conway, ed., The Writings of Thomas Paine (1894), vol. 1, p. 170.
- Success

All 49 quotes from Thomas Paine

More about faith

Faith … is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Mere Christianity, Book III, Chapter 11 “Faith” (1952)
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Augustine of Hippo354–430Sermones 4.1.1

All 146 quotes about faith