"There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self." ― William James Topic(s): Faith Tags: cause, there More From William James "Belief creates the actual fact." "Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible." "It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again." More In Faith "There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds."― Alfred Lord Tennyson "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."― Thomas Paine "I have deep respect for people’s individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I find it very confronting."― Andrew Denton