--- title: "11 Articles Faith Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Articles Faith quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Articles Faith sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/michael-polanyi-17316_articles_the-process-of-philosophic-and-scientifi_894365.jpg" --- > [The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-polanyi/the-process-of-philosophic-and-scientific-enlightenment-has-shaken/) [Michael Polanyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-polanyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/michael-polanyi-17316_articles_the-process-of-philosophic-and-scientifi_894365.jpg) > [My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/my-four-articles-of-faith-clarity-simplicity-brevity-and-humanity/) [William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/william-zinsser-2796_articles_my-four-articles-of-faith-clarity-simpli_1593101.png) > [“How many things were articles of faith to us yesterday that are fables to us today?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montaigne/how-many-things-were-articles-of-faith-to-us-yesterday-that-are/) [Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montaigne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/montaigne-14818_fables_how-many-things-were-articles-of-faith-t_451089.jpg) > [“Hence the fact that some happen to doubt about articles of faith is not due to the uncertain nature of the truths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/hence-the-fact-that-some-happen-to-doubt-about-articles-of-faith-is/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/peter-kreeft-820_doubt_hence-the-fact-that-some-happen-to-doubt_2614809.png) > [“ Combien de choses nous servoyent hier d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy? How many things served us yesterday for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/combien-de-choses-nous-servoyent-hier-d-articles-de-foy-qui-nous-sont/) [Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/michel-de-montaigne-142_credulity_combien-de-choses-nous-servoyent-hier-d_2035806.jpg) > [“We believe in a God who is engaged in our lives, who is not silent, nor absent, nor, as Elijah said of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-holland/we-believe-in-a-god-who-is-engaged-in-our-lives-who-is-not-silent-nor/) [Jeffrey R. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-holland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/jeffrey-r-holland-1190_faith_we-believe-in-a-god-who-is-engaged-in-ou_1918234.png) > [Over immense periods of time the intellect produced nothing but errors. A few of these proved to be useful and helped to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/over-immense-periods-of-time-the-intellect-produced-nothing-but/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef9/friedrich-nietzsche-15_articles_over-immense-periods-of-time-the-intelle_21318.jpg) > [We have arranged for ourselves a world in which we can live - by positing bodies, lines, planes, causes and effects, motion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/we-have-arranged-for-ourselves-a-world-in-which-we-can-live-by/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/friedrich-nietzsche-15_argument_we-have-arranged-for-ourselves-a-world-i_138803.jpg) > [It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-may-well-happen-that-what-is-in-itself-the-more-certain-on-account/) [Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/thomas-aquinas-837_accounts_it-may-well-happen-that-what-is-in-itsel_702285.jpg) > [My suspicion is that those who seem oblivious to suffering, whether it is nearby or in remote corners, are for the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/my-suspicion-is-that-those-who-seem-oblivious-to-suffering-whether-it/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/noam-chomsky-42_attitude_my-suspicion-is-that-those-who-seem-obli_3181392.jpg) > [WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimonides/when-reading-my-present-treatise-bear-in-mind-that-by-faith-we-do-not/) [Maimonides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimonides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/maimonides-2639_articles_when-reading-my-present-treatise-bear-in_78488.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/articles-faith/#itemlist", "name": "Articles Faith Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Polanyi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-polanyi/the-process-of-philosophic-and-scientific-enlightenment-has-shaken/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/michael-polanyi-17316_articles_the-process-of-philosophic-and-scientifi_894365.jpg", "contentUrl": 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Holland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-holland/we-believe-in-a-god-who-is-engaged-in-our-lives-who-is-not-silent-nor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/jeffrey-r-holland-1190_faith_we-believe-in-a-god-who-is-engaged-in-ou_1918234.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/jeffrey-r-holland-1190_faith_we-believe-in-a-god-who-is-engaged-in-ou_1918234.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/jeffrey-r-holland-1190_faith_we-believe-in-a-god-who-is-engaged-in-ou_1918234.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We believe in a God who is engaged in our lives, who is not silent, nor absent, nor, as Elijah said of the…” — Jeffrey R. Holland", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Over immense periods of time the intellect produced nothing but errors. A few of these proved to be useful and helped to preserve the species: those who hit upon or inherited these had better luck in their struggle for themselves and their progeny. 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The conditions of life might include error.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Friedrich Nietzsche" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/we-have-arranged-for-ourselves-a-world-in-which-we-can-live-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/friedrich-nietzsche-15_argument_we-have-arranged-for-ourselves-a-world-i_138803.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/friedrich-nietzsche-15_argument_we-have-arranged-for-ourselves-a-world-i_138803.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/friedrich-nietzsche-15_argument_we-have-arranged-for-ourselves-a-world-i_138803.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have arranged for ourselves a world in which we can live - by positing bodies, lines, planes, causes and…” — Friedrich Nietzsche", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is dazzled by the clearest objects of nature; as the owl is dazzled by the light of the sun. Hence the fact that some happen to doubt about articles of faith is not due to the uncertain nature of the truths, but to the weakness of human intelligence; yet the slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of lesser things...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Aquinas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/it-may-well-happen-that-what-is-in-itself-the-more-certain-on-account/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/thomas-aquinas-837_accounts_it-may-well-happen-that-what-is-in-itsel_702285.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/thomas-aquinas-837_accounts_it-may-well-happen-that-what-is-in-itsel_702285.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/thomas-aquinas-837_accounts_it-may-well-happen-that-what-is-in-itsel_702285.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence…” — Thomas Aquinas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My suspicion is that those who seem oblivious to suffering, whether it is nearby or in remote corners, are for the most part unaware, perhaps blinded by doctrine and ideology. For them, the answer is to develop a critical attitude toward articles of faith, secular or religious; to encourage their capacity to question, to explore, to view the world from the standpoint of others. 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If, as regards real or supposed truths, you content yourself with giving utterance to them in words, without apprehending them or believing in them, especially if you do not seek real truth, you have a very easy task as, in fact, you will find many ignorant people professing articles of faith without connecting any idea with them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maimonides" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimonides/when-reading-my-present-treatise-bear-in-mind-that-by-faith-we-do-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/maimonides-2639_articles_when-reading-my-present-treatise-bear-in_78488.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/maimonides-2639_articles_when-reading-my-present-treatise-bear-in_78488.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/maimonides-2639_articles_when-reading-my-present-treatise-bear-in_78488.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by \"faith\" we do not understand merely that which is…” — Maimonides", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/articles-faith/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/articles-faith/", "name": "Articles Faith Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/articles-faith/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/michael-polanyi-17316_articles_the-process-of-philosophic-and-scientifi_894365.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 11 Articles Faith quotes by 10 authors. 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