Faith Quotes

Belief in something greater, whether divine, human, or simply possible.

24879 quotes

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"God does not play dice."
Max Planck
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"Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'You must have faith.' It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with."
Max Planck
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"There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other."
Max Planck
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"I read in the newspaper that Einstein has declared himself an atheist. This does not bother me, for God does not care."
Niels Bohr
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"The basis of the faith of all workers in science is the faith in the universality and rationality of nature."
Niels Bohr
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"The greater man is, the greater shall be his fear of God."
Niels Bohr
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"I believe that you can think yourself into heaven or into hell."
Linus Pauling
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"The mind can accomplish what the heart believes is possible."
Linus Pauling
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"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but God is waiting for you at the bottom of the glass."
Werner Heisenberg
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"I can only say that my own experiences have impressed me with the conviction that there are many things in the mind of man that are beyond the material world."
Werner Heisenberg
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"The violent reaction on the recent development of modern science can only be understood when one realizes that here the very foundations of the faith in reason are at stake."
Werner Heisenberg
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"Religion is the area of human experience where people come up against the infinite."
Werner Heisenberg
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"Only the man who has denied everything can truly believe in everything."
Werner Heisenberg
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"I am a religious person. I believe that the universe has a rational order."
Enrico Fermi
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"The laws of nature are the closest thing we have to the thoughts of God."
Enrico Fermi
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"In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing right now I am following the will of God."
Rosalind Franklin
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"I have no religious beliefs."
Rosalind Franklin
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"In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing right I am following the will of God."
Rosalind Franklin
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"I believe that understanding the structure of matter is a form of reverence for creation."
Dorothy Hodgkin
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"Religion and science are not adversaries but rather complementary aspects of human experience."
Niels Bohr
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"God does not play dice with the universe."
Max Planck
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"It is of the highest importance that we take seriously the smallest indications of supernatural significance in life."
Max Planck
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"Knowledge and faith are both essential, but they are not the same thing."
Max Planck
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"The scientist's religious feeling is a beautiful thing and worthy of respect."
Max Planck
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"Those who believe that science and faith are incompatible have not truly understood either."
Max Planck
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"When you are in the presence of scientific truth, you are in the presence of something sacred."
Max Planck
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"God is subtle, but he is not malicious."
Enrico Fermi
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"Science seeks to understand; faith seeks to believe."
Enrico Fermi
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"In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall come nearer to success."
Rosalind Franklin
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"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you."
Werner Heisenberg