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Faith, noun. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel


Ambrose Bierce

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AMBROSE BIERCE Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of thi...
AMBROSE BIERCE Faith is the master, whenever it speaks even without evidence doubt & uncertainty simply obey.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
D. ELTON TRUEBLOOD Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
ELTON TRUEBLOOD Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservations.
ELTON TRUEBLOOD Having belief without faith is like preparing a meal with all the spices,but without fire.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America's president without a belief in God, without ...
GEORGE BUSH What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
BIBLE They say, that of all the animals of the creation, the man is the only one who drinks without being ...
MAGO DE OZ Faith declares without evidence,for the bold declaration divinely forces evidence to manifest.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.
STEPHEN KING To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
THOMAS AQUINAS To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Paradox
/pera,daks/ noun

1. Being told to wake up and come back to reality by your...
SHANNON L. ALDER They are without parallel. No one is even close to having that many people in one place.
CATHY MANN Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Beli...
ANGELA AHRENDTS Faith without work is one multiplied by zero which is equal to zero.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.” ~ Ambrose ...
J.J. MCAVOY Obedience without faith is possible, but not faith without obedience.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
ABU BAKR Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.
EDWIN H. STUART Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.
RODNEY DANGERFIELD Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
THOMAS FULLER Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
THOMAS FULLER, M. D. The deepest sin of the human mind is to believe things without evidence
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light.
ENGLISH PROVERB That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS A PHILANTHROPIST is one who gives without the knowledge of the press and acts behind the lenses.
JECON B. NADELA Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I grew up around a lot of Jews. I grew up culturally Jewish, ...
DAVID GREGORY Initiative is doing the right things without being told.
ELBERT HUBBARD Initiative is doing the right things without being told
ELBERT HUBBARD The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character...
MAHATMA GANDHI Art speaks to people without words, one soul to another.
JIM GENOVESE I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
STANLEY BALDWIN Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dr...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Just as there is no courage without fear; there is no grace without sin, no strength of character wi...
E.R. ROCK Judgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE After managing to resolve an impasse in the food insecurity situation, the United Nations should tak...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS Yu's physical and psychological state demonstrates the full atrocity of the Chinese prison system, w...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS We are very concerned at where this crackdown could lead, because it is gaining pace in the run-up t...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS This murder once again shows that journalists pay a very high price to report in Iraq. It is absolut...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS We fear this 'obstruction of justice' procedure is a judicial device for the government to yet again...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS This imprisonment is shameful for a country like Poland, which has just joined the European Union an...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS The firm [Yahoo!] says it simply responds to requests from the authorities for data without ever kno...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS Now we know Yahoo works regularly and efficiently with the Chinese police.
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS The supreme court stirred up trouble with its recent decision supporting a government ordinance crac...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS If nothing is done to ensure the press is free to do its work, these elections will take place in a ...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS Any prison sentence for an offence of opinion is unacceptable, even in cases of insult or defamation...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS The judicial authorities are imposing a grim ordeal on three journalists under pressure from the gov...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS It's like turning Anne Frank over to the Nazis.
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS The charges of high treason and genocide are extremely grave as regards the journalists. We call on ...
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
THOMAS H. HUXLEY “The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without charac...
MAHATMA GANDHI A person without knowledge of his history is like a tree without roots.
UNKNOWN Things without remedy, should be without regard; what is done, is done.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm.
RENE SULLY-PRUDHOMME We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart;...
LORD LYTTON (EDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON) ("OWEN MEREDITH") Education without the knowledge of the Holy One is the darkest doom.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Without hope, life is not possible. Without faith, miracles are impossible.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Prayer without faith is as futile as a body without breathe.
ROBIN BERTRAM Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.
MARTIN AMIS Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination
ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD Beware of the person who speaks without modesty because he will always break his promises.
VIKRANT PARSAI If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things in yourself, for a...
GEORGE E. WOODBERRY Success without belief is a vanity affair.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird...
JOHN LEWIS No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar ...
H. P. LOVECRAFT faith without doubt is addiction
SALMAN RUSHDIE One who lives with Faith says IT WILL HAPPEN, while the one who lives without it asks WILL IT HAPPEN...
RVM It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
WILBUR WRIGHT To practice the doctrine called "faith without works" is to practice the killing & extinction of the...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh seeker of knowledge, know that...
YASMIN MOGAHED The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
...
FREDERICK LEWIS DONALDSON He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
CONFUCIUS People who judge others without knowledge of them are shallow and insignificant.
SHELDON HAYES Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE Ghandi's seven sins:
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without c...
MAHATMA GHANDI To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without or...
SYED MUHAMMAD NAQUIB AL-ATTAS If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yo...
GEORGE E WOODBERRY If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in your...
GEORGE E. WOODBERRY If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in your...
ALEC BOURNE Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
SIR JOHN DAVIES You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something.
H.L. MENCKEN Living without faith is like driving in a fog.
PROVERB This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without ...
DANTE ALIGHIERI Life in illusion is in a transient belief on insight without perspective
FARLEY MAGLAYA One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
JOSEPH JOUBERT Rational Thought is Knowledge Without Bias.
MICKAVELI Knowledge without sense is twofold folly
SPANISH PROVERB A fool may be known by six things: anger, without cause; speech, without profit; change, without pro...
ARABIAN PROVERB Many jurisdictions still do not prosecute these cases without medical evidence. The evidence is not ...
BEVERLY ENGLE Using the scientific knowledge that we currently possess, we can take simple logical steps, backed b...
LEWIS N. ROE That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge sh...
CHANAKYA That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge sh...
CHANAKYA Faith without any actions in accordance with God’s will is a dead faith
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