"To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny."
― Joseph Addison
Topic(s):
Faith
More From Joseph Addison
- "Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed."
- "Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
- "True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions."
More In Faith
- "Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith."― Austin Farrer
- "I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith."― Denzel Washington
- "Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there’s no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die."― Wislawa Szymborska