GOD,
BELIEF IN

See also: Agnosticism; Belief; Unbelief

I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universe is without a mind.

Francis Bacon

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

Francis Bacon

I have never been able to conceive mankind without him [God].

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Denial of the infinite leads straight to nihilism: all creation becomes merely “a conception of the mind.”

Victor Hugo

There is but one God the Father of whom are all things and we in him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things and we by him.

Sir Isaac Newton

To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not a dead one, or a stuffed one, but a living one, who with irresistible force urges us towards more loving.

Vincent Van Gogh