Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Faith is believing what you know ain’t so.

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.

Man is what he believes.

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

I'm fascinated by the business of belief, obviously, because it's so ever present with humanity anyway. And, you know, when you have science, which constantly talks of proofs, you have religion, which constantly talks of beliefs and faith and so on.

It is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.

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 the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

We all have our beliefs or our agnosticism.

I don't think my spirituality has affected my character. I feel like my character is much more cynical about his beliefs, and I think I have to kind of drop what I believe in order to play him.

Man is not born to atheism. He is born to believe.

Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.

Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

I think people can believe in anything.

You just have to have a simple faith.

Every dogma has its day.

When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.

Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.

One man with beliefs is equal to a thousand with only interests.

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason and intellect has intended us to forego their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.