Elbert Hubbard Quotes

It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.

When I hear theists and atheists pontificating on how they know God does or does not exist, I can only smile at the irrationality and, yes, vanity of the notion.

Debating religious beliefs are a red line, a deep red line.

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.

I believe in God, absolutely.

In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.

All I can say is what I believe.

Faith is more basic than language or theology.

Dislike of another’s opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

I have never doubted. I have had a firm belief in God and the church.

I just believe what I believe.

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that.

The difficulty of explaining ‘why I am a Catholic’ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true.

It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion.

My faith runs so very much faster than my reason that I can challenge the whole world and say, 'God is, was and ever shall be'.

I think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact

... always keep in mind that an article of faith is not something that the faithful assume. Faith, for those who have it, is the most certain form of knowledge, not a tentative opinion.

The less you feel and the more firmly you believe, the more praiseworthy is your faith and the more it will be esteemed and appreciated; for real faith is much more than a mere opinion of man. In it we have true knowledge: in truth, we lack nothing save true faith.

We are ready to die for an opinion but not for a fact: indeed, it is by our readiness to die that we try to prove the factualness of our opinion.

I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.

Faith: The opposite of dogmatism.

The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p.35)

Belief is knowing what you believe. Conviction is knowing why you believe it.

Belief is tricky because left to its own devices, it can court a kind of surety, an unquestioning allegiance that fears doubt and destroys difference.