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> [“Before you have faith you must believe, and before you believe there must be evidence of some sort to persuade the mind. Faith is remembering that evidence and holding to it against all that seems to challenge or contradict it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/before-you-have-faith-you-must-believe-and-before-you-believe-there/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

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## More by John Christopher

> [“If one is seeking reasons for disloyalty, it is useful to find something one can resent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/if-one-is-seeking-reasons-for-disloyalty-it-is-useful-to-find/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“He was sometimes stern but more often kindly---just according to his lights, but he saw the world in simple shades of black and white,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/he-was-sometimes-stern-but-more-often-kindly-just-according-to-his/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“Having achieved what I thought was an ultimate ambition, I found, as I think is often the case, that there remained something more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/having-achieved-what-i-thought-was-an-ultimate-ambition-i-found-as-i/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“...nothing was of value, without a mind that challenged and inquired.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/nothing-was-of-value-without-a-mind-that-challenged-and-inquired/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“What I was suddenly aware of was the importance of their being whatever each of them was--cocky and contemptuous, or bothered and beaten--as long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/what-i-was-suddenly-aware-of-was-the-importance-of-their-being/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“In the realm of dream and imagination all men are equal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/in-the-realm-of-dream-and-imagination-all-men-are-equal/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/as-pa-said-censorship-encouraged-people-to-believe-nonsense/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/there-is-always-something-to-lose-but-maybe-more-to-gain/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“People may be persuaded that the machine is doing good. In fact, good is only capable of being done on a small scale. Evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/people-may-be-persuaded-that-the-machine-is-doing-good-in-fact-good/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“A general does not use the same troops over and over again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/a-general-does-not-use-the-same-troops-over-and-over-again/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/it-is-hard-to-be-defensive-toward-a-danger-which-you-have-never/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/you-would-always-beat-me-not-so-much-because-you-are-a-better-fighter/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [“A man faced death, but when death drew back forgot it until the next time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/a-man-faced-death-but-when-death-drew-back-forgot-it-until-the-next/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/we-all-have-to-learn-to-live-with-our-losses-and-to-use-our-regrets/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

> [What tricks the mind is what the mind is glad to be tricked by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-christopher/what-tricks-the-mind-is-what-the-mind-is-glad-to-be-tricked-by/)

[John Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-christopher/)

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