Authority Quote by Daniel Ellsberg

I think that at the core of faith is trust.

— Rob Bell

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have in the past overly trusted people and was, in turn, let down by some. Since then, I have learned the difference between…

— Do Won Chang

“What makes faith valid is not its subjective strength, but the trustworthiness of its object.”

— Wendy Blight

Faith is unflinching trust in something divine.

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such…

— Mikhail Bakunin

“But the word faith is better translated as “confidence” and “trust,” because it is about something inside you and not directed toward something external.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.

— Jack McDevitt

To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted…

— C. S. Lewis

I think having a healthy distrust of authority is a good thing, within certain parameters, obviously.

— Fiona Bruce

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

— Oswald Chambers

Faith in people is an a priori requirement for dialogue.

— Paulo Freire