Faith And Reason Quotes

• Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth- in a word, to know himself- so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Inspiration, Heart

  Pope John Paul II (1998). “Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter Fides Et Ratio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason”

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• To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Faith, Powerful, Thoughtful

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• 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.

  Galileo Galilei

  Spiritual, Atheist, Believe

  "Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina". Essay by Galileo Galilei, 1615.

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• Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.

  Martin Luther

  Spiritual, Enemy, Reason

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.164

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• Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both than you can with just one.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Shoes, Feet, Reason

  "Fictional character: Brother Alwyn Macomber". TV Series "Babylon 5" ("The Deconstruction of Falling Stars", 1997), www.imdb.com. 1994–1998.

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• Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Faith, Spiritual

  "Strive to Love, Anticipate with Hope, Believe in Faith". Book by Catherine Basten, 2004.

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• Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth.

  Pope John Paul II

  Truth, Wings, Two

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• In Scripture, faith involves placing trust in what you have reason to believe is true. Faith is not a blind, irrational leap into the dark. So faith and reason cooperate on a biblical view of faith. They are not intrinsically hostile.

  J.P. Moreland

  Believe, Dark, Biblical

  J. P. Moreland, William Lane Craig (2009). “Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview”, p.18, InterVarsity Press

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• Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

  Voltaire

  Faith, Spiritual, Cancer

  'Questions sur l'Encyclopèdie'

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• Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Drawing, Battle, Life Is

  Reinhold Niebuhr (2015). “Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)”, p.138, Library of America

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• We may define "faith" as the firm belief in something for which there is no evidence. Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith." We do not speak of faith that two and two are four or that the earth is round. We only speak of faith when we wish to substitute emotion for evidence. The substitution of emotion for evidence is apt to lead to strife, since different groups, substitute different emotions.

  Bertrand Russell

  Two, Religion, Wish

  Bertrand Russell (1993). “The Quotable Bertrand Russell”

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• Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity

  John Donne

  Faith, Hands, Soul

  John Donne (1996). “Selected Poetry”, p.132, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

  D. Elton Trueblood

  Trust, Faith, Believe

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• The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Faith, Spiritual, Religious

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.16, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

  Richard Dawkins

  Faith, Atheist, Thinking

  Richard Dawkins' Speech at the Edinburgh International Science Festival (April 15, 1992); quoted in "EDITORIAL: A scientist's case against God", "The Independent"(London), (p. 17), April 20, 1992.

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• Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.

  Albert Einstein

  Science, Judgement, Kind

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.22, Open Road Media

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• The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact.

  Leslie Stephen

  Faith, Religion, Atheism

  Leslie Stephen (1873). “Essays on Freethinking and Plainspeaking”, p.52

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• Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

  Martin Luther

  Faith, War, Feet

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• Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God.

  Martin Luther

  Religious, Humor, Sight

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• Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith and reason in international affairs have given way to strident ambition and brute force.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Ambition, Democracies Have, Democracy

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• It was the schoolboy who said, ""Faith is believing what you know ain't so.""

  Mark Twain

  Faith, Atheist, Believe

  Following the Equator ch. 12, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

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• Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

  Martin Luther

  Spiritual, Struggle, Religion

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.164

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• Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

  William James

  Faith, Believe, Philosophical

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• The balance between faith and reason is for the determination of each individual, and of the people as a whole, not of unauthorized government officials uttering impious humbug as they arbitrarily try to define that balance.

  Conrad Black

  Determination, Government, People

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• It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

  William James

  Believe, Philosophical, Government

  William James (2015). “Essays in Popular Philosophy: Top Essays”, p.9, 谷月社

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