Belief without proof Quotes

Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence.

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.

How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief with no proof? How could they honestly expect him to have faith in something that taught of miracles and wonders in the far past, but carefully gave excuses for why such things didn't occur in the present day?

True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie.

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.

Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.

To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it.

As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.

Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.

Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.

Devotion is diligence without assurance. If faith were rational, it wouldn't be by definition faith. Faith is walking face-first and full speed into the dark.