At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see. Richard Dawkins
Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty. Mason Cooley
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. E. O. Wilson
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man. Denis Diderot
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. Michel de Montaigne
The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. Simone Weil
Doubt is not the opposite of faith it is one element of faith. Paul Tillich
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent. Sophia Loren
There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith. James Cameron
It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice. Cat Stevens
I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual. E. M. Forster
The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior. Alice Walker
As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer. Nick Rahall
If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work. Jacques Yves Cousteau
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties blind faith the one unpardonable sin. Thomas Huxley
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith. Reinhold Niebuhr
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested. Elizabeth I
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith. Gore Vidal
Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted. Albert Pike
Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not. Flannery O'Connor