Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

— Patricia Briggs

Belief does not change what is.

— Francis Schaeffer

“Faith, it is said, is better than belief, because belief is when someone else does the thinking.”

— Mitch Albom

“it is not belief to say God exists and then continue sinning and hoarding your wealth while innocent people die of starvation. When belief…

— Scott Adams

“Yet comprehension does not imply belief. Nor does it mean that those who purvey such beliefs do so for more than… material gain.”

— Anonymous

Your self-belief does occasionally take a knock and you have to be pretty strong to keep convincing yourself you're doing the right thing.

— Martin O'Neill

“That's what belief does, Sylvie. Whether something is true or not is beside the point.”

— John Searles

Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

To show that there are natural processes that produce religious belief does nothing, so far, to discredit it; perhaps God designed us in such…

— Alvin Plantinga

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

— Albert Bandura

The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this…

— Sam Harris

“When belief does not control your most important decisions, it is not belief in the underlying reality, it is belief in the usefulness of…

— Anonymous

Any belief that does not command the one who holds it is not a real belief; it is a pseudo belief only.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I hold religious tendencies, but I'm not devout by any means.

— Anderson East

“I suddenly realised that the devout Russian people no longer needed priests to pray them into heaven. On earth they were building a kingdom…

— John Reed