Barack Obama Quotes

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

I choose to believe in God, but I have serious doubts.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

I pray in my own way, not regularly, and I wouldn't say structured prayers. What I'm praying to I'm not sure. I'd be a firm agnostic.

I am willing to believe, but I do not have the gift of faith. I'm skeptical.

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

The word 'religion' is only a label. What lies behind that, the most important thing of all, is the word 'faith'. You either have faith, or you don't have faith, or you have degrees of faith - and if you have degrees of faith, then you become agnostic. You're kind of in-between, or you're on the fence.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between faith and hope.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.

I asked God if it was a sin and He didn't say anything.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.

This life journey has led me to love mystery and not feel the need to change it or make it un-mysterious. This has put me at odds with many other believers I know who seem to need explanations for everything.

I had no intention to write atheistically, but I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us.

I consider myself a religious person, but when it comes to God and faith, I don't know. I guess that means I'm agnostic.

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

I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it.

I think different religions are different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists, and sometimes I don’t. It’s the great mystery. (Steve Jobs)

True belief is not about blind submission. It is about open-eyed acceptance, and acceptance requires persistent distance from the truth, and that distance is doubt. Doubt, in other words, can feed faith, rather than destroy it. And it forces us, even while believing, to recognize our fundamental duty with respect to God's truth: humility. We do not know. Which is why we believe.