Jules Verne Quotes

Faith is fudamentally a kind of folly.

I believe because I am told to believe ... My faith is faith; it is not evolved out of argumentation, nor does it seek the aid of that.

Go ahead and believe in God , if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.

Never for a moment have I had one doubt about my religious beliefs. There are people who believe only so far as they can understand--that seems to me presumptuous and sets their understanding as the standard of the universe.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?

I don't question God.

Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

Faith is powerful enough to immunize people against all appeals to pity, to forgiveness, to decent human feelings. It even immunizes them against fear, if they honestly believe that a martyr's death will send them straight to heaven.

Faith is believing what you know ain’t so.

All religions are, in some basic sense, irrational.

I can't believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.

When we become advocates of a creed, something dies; we do not believe God, we only believe our belief about Him.

No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.

If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.

I believe in God, but I'm not too clear on the other details.

Most people’s religion is what they want to believe, not what they do believe.

Do you think you would ever have heard of Christianity if the Apostles had gone out and said, ‘I believe in consensus?’

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.

I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place. Any God worth "believing in" would surely prefer an honest agnostic to a calculating hypocrite.