Alan Watts

"Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown."

- Alan Watts, philosopher, author, orator

George E. Woodberry

"If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live."

- George E. Woodberry, poet and critic

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt, politician, former president of the USA

Friedrich Nietzsche

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

- Friedrich Nietzsche, scholar, philosopher and developmental critic

J. R. R. Tolkien

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."

- J. R. R. Tolkien, author

Friedrich Nietzsche

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."

- Friedrich Nietzsche, scholar, philosopher and developmental critic

Henry S. Haskins

"Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine."

- Henry S. Haskins, American author, teacher

Bertrand Russell

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, historian

Oscar Wilde

“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.”

- Oscar Wilde, poet, novelist, dramatist and critic

Anatole France

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

- Anatole France, poet, journalist, novelist

Rollo May

"The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt."

- Rollo May, psychologist

George Bernard Shaw

"We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession."

- George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic

Harriet Martineau

"We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it."

- Harriet Martineau, writer, philosopher, journalist

Martin Luther King Jr.

"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."

- Martin Luther King Jr., social activist and reformer

Kahlil Gibran

"Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof."

- Kahlil Gibran, artist, poet, writer