Isaac Asimov Quotes

Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

A belief may be larger than a fact.

What do we believe? Why do we believe it?

That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

We can't assume what we don't believe.

At the core of all well-founded belief, lies belief that is unfounded

in all the world there is not someone who does not believe something.

I'm not ashamed of the things I believe and why I believe them.

The typical person has no trouble believing without knowing. What people need to realize is simply that you do not need to believe to know.

Belief is nearly the whole of the universe whether based on truth or not.

To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.

... 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.

When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.

To believe is to be happy; to doubt is to be wretched. To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power. Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do any thing that is worth the doing.

It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action. For while in many matters it is first we must see then we will act; in matters of faith it is first we must do then we will know, first we will be and then we will see. One must, in short, dare to act wholeheartedly without absolute certainty.

Belief means nothing without actions

A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief, but they run away fr'm doubt.

There's no way you could convince me today that Jesus is not real.

Understanding is the reward of faith.

A man's religion consists, not of the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but of the few he is assured of and has no need of effort for believing.

Trust is faith that has become absolute, approved, and accomplished. When all is said and done, there is a sort of risk in faith and its exercise. But trust is firm belief; it is faith in full bloom. Trust is a conscious act, a fact of which we are aware.

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