“The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.”
More from Sam Harris on Faith
“Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms.”
“Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.”
“We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence.”
“The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.”
Others on Faith
Elizabeth George
30 quotes“Your trials and difficulties are a golden opportunity to illustrate your faith in God.”
Saint Augustine
27 quotes“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.”
John Piper
27 quotes“All heroes are shadows of Christ”
Billy Graham
26 quotes“The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against changed lives.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
24 quotes“When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available w...”
Rick Warren
24 quotes“Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.”
A.W. Tozer
22 quotes“A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.”
John Calvin
21 quotes“There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.”
Charles Spurgeon
20 quotes“It is not great counts God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus.”
C.S. Lewis
17 quotes“Every story of conversion is a story of blessed defeat.”
Max Lucado
17 quotes“God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.”
Joel Osteen
16 quotes“Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.”