The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular.
Believe - Belief Quotes
Believe in it? Hell, I’ve seen it done. (on being asked if he believed in infant baptism)
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
A belief which does not spring from a conviction in the emotions is no belief at all.
If the man doesn’t believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can’t burn him.
It is often said in the Bible that God spoke unto Moses, but how do you know that God spake unto Moses? Because, you will say, the Bible says so. The Koran says, ‘that God spake unto Mahomet, do you believe that too? No. Why not? Because, you will say, you do not believe it; […]
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
Between believing a thing and thinking you know is only a small step and quickly taken.
Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain all: if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
You must believe in free will; there is no choice.
