"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable." ― H. L. Mencken Topic(s): Faith Tags: briefly, defined, faith More From H. L. Mencken "It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man." "The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore." "I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense." More In Faith "Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith."― Eric Hoffer "Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission."― Vannevar Bush "Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us."― William Ames