“The belief that it is useless to employ partial and palliative means against radical evils, because they only remedy them in part, is an article of faith never preached unsuccessfully by meanness to simplicity, but it is none the less absurd.” MeanEvilBeliefSimplicityAbsurdRadicalUselessArticlesRemedyMeanness Author:Theodor Mommsen
“WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but also that which is apprehended by the soul, the conviction that the object [of belief] is exactly as it is apprehended. If, as regards real or supposed truths, you content yourself with giving utterance to them in words, without apprehending them or believing in them, especially if you do not seek real truth, you have a very easy task as, in fact, you will find many ignorant people professing articles of faith without connecting any idea with them.” PeopleIfsGivingMindBelieveIdeasRealSoulFactsReadingBeliefEasyObjectsBearsTasksRegardLipsConvictionIgnorantArticlesConnectingUtteranceUnderstand MeIgnorant PeopleReal TruthEasy Tasks Book:The Guide for the Perplexed Source: The Guide for the Perplexed
“The Angel is one of those Articles of Faith as unshakable as our belief in the existence of God, an atom, or the ill luck of the number 13.” BeliefNumbersExistenceAngelLuckIllArticlesAtomsExistence Of GodUnshakable Author:Malcolm Godwin
“Was it probably true that reasoning beings were equal? It seemed more like a belief than a fact, even if I agreed with it. If you followed logic all the way back to its origin, did you inevitably end up at point of illogic, an article of faith?” IfsWayEndsFactsBeliefEqualLogicReasoningArticles Author:Rachel Hartman
“It has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself -- a convenient belief to those who live on the labour of others. But as to those on whom they live, I recommend them not to take it on trust, but to look into the matter a little deeper.” LooksLittlesMatterBeliefWorkModernMoralityDeeperLabourArticlesCreedsConvenient Book:Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)
“I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.” GivingLongChristianFoundBeliefChurchUnitedDifficultyComplicatedStatementsDoctrineArticlesUsualConfessionReservationsChristian Doctrine Author:Abraham Lincoln