“Faith is believing in something you know isn't true.”

“Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a huge amount of proof to the contrary. We are the true believers.”

Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film

“Can you disbelieve in something you don't know about?[…] It isn't that I don't believe but that I don't know.”

John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent

“Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.”

Flannery O’Connor book Wise Blood

“Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.”

Jane Porter (1776–1850) Scottish historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure

“What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding out the truth? Is the attitude of faith, of believing in something for which there can be no more than philosophic proof, the true mark of a Christian?”

Clifford D. Simak book Time is the Simplest Thing

“The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no evidence.”

Victor J. Stenger (1935–2014) American philosopher

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

“Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.”

Erich Fromm book The Art of Loving

“You can believe something really hard,' Faith says, 'and still be wrong.”

Jodi Picoult book Keeping Faith