“Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love—but sometimes it was so… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of another faith, and every word they speak speaks of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe? Don't you bully me with your… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow?… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love—but sometimes it was so… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“But it was hard, oh, it was hard. Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I am a Hindu because of sculptured cones of red kumkum powder and baskets of yellow turmeric nuggets, because of garlands of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The three religions because I wanted to discuss faith, not organized religion, so wanted to relativize organized religion by having Pi practice… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith. Like me, they go as far… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deept trust, a free act of love- but sometimes it was… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“It’s a big ocean crossed by busy ships. I went slowly, observing much.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“The word isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you have left.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I must say a word about fear. It's is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Or rather, since Christians are so fond of capital letters, a Story.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“Progress is unstoppable. It is a drumbeat to which we must all march. Technology helps and good ideas spread - these are two laws… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence were… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“I never had problems with my fellow scientists. Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
