George MacDonald Quotes

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.

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

Faith is Doubt.

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

Faith is believing what you know ain’t so.

We cannot infer that because sciences of things divine and human are full of controversies and quarrels, therefore their whole subject-matter is uncertain ; for there have been many persons so enamoured of contradiction, as to turn into ridicule geometrical axioms.

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

Magic happens, see. It's just like on those bumper stickers, the ones that say, 'Miracles Happen', or 'Jesus Happens'. I never really took those too seriously. I mean, they're bumper stickers. Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking. Miracles? Right. Jesus? Maybe. But magic?

I am not against it. But I am suspicious of all forms of New Age spirituality, and religion in general.

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish.

When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical.

I do not believe in Belief.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural.

Sceptics are yet the most credulous.

I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything especially as I am now so much occupied with theology but I don't see my way to your conclusion.

The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

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 could never take the idea of religion very seriously.

I don't believe in miracles.

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.