The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of the body politic by the virus of victimhood.
The great majority of Americans do not know much about Islam but nonetheless fear it as violent, expansionist and alien to their society. The problem to overcome is not hatred, but ignorance.
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher.
Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
There is far more misunderstanding of Islam than there is, I think, of the other religions of the world. So many things are said of it by those who do not belong to that faith.
I often think that woman is more free in Islam than in Christianity. Woman is more protected by Islam than by the faith which preaches monogamy.
To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.
The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.
And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.
Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.
Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead?
I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction.
That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
