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The divine in man is our sole ground for believing that there is anything divine in the universe outside of man.
Felix Adler1851–1933Life and Destiny (1913)
- God
The question what to believe is perhaps the most momentous that anyone can put to himself. Our beliefs are not to be classed among the luxuries, but among the necessaries of existence.
Felix Adler1851–1933Life and Destiny (1913), Section 9: Ethical Outlook
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
Thomas Aquinas1225–1274
All that I have written seems like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me.
Thomas Aquinas1225–1274Processus canonizationis S. Thomae, Neapoli, LXXIX
- Writing
The sea of faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.
Matthew Arnold1822–1888Dover Beach (1867)In context
- Religion
There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
Isaac Asimov1920–1992The Stars in Their Courses (1974), p. 36
One can only blaspheme if one believes.
W. H. Auden1907–1973Forewords and Afterwords (1973), “Concerning the Unpredictable”
- Religion
Who never doubted never half believed
Where doubt there truth is⁠—‘t is her shadow.
Philip James Bailey1816–1902Festus (1839)
- Truth & Lies
Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one’s beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.
James Baldwin1924–1987“Stranger in the Village”
Faith is the eye that sees nothing and rejoices in it.
Iain Banks1954–2013Feersum Endjinn (1994), Chapter 9, Section 2 (p. 265)
- Anti-Religion
Do you believe in fairies?… If you believe, clap your hands!
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1904), Act IV
“If you believe,” he shouted to them, “clap your hands; don’t let Tink die.”
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 13In context
‘No. You see children know such a lot now, they soon don’t believe in fairies, and every time a child says, ‘I don’t believe in fairies,’ there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Children
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 22:1 (KJV)In context
- God
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 23:1–3 (KJV)In context
- God