Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. Voltaire
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle
There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. Maya Angelou