Faith Quote by Peter Boghossian

Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

— Senoraroy

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to…

— Peter Singer

Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence.

— Bertrand Russell

“Faith is not properly defined as belief without evidence, as some critics would have it. It is an experience, and a way of being.”

— Vincent Smiles

“Before you have faith you must believe, and before you believe there must be evidence of some sort to persuade the mind. Faith is…

— John Christopher

Faith is something, of course, that exists because you don't need evidence for it by faith itself.

— RaMell Ross

“Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of,…

— Richard Dawkins

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

— William James

“Evidence of true faith is the determination to trust God when that which He allows makes no sense--and is utterly disagreeable.”

— David P. Ingerson

We may define "faith" as the firm belief in something for which there is no evidence. Where there is evidence, no one speaks of…

— Bertrand Russell

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

— Voltaire

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