"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 "There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor." "We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." More In Faith "Base souls have no faith in great individuals."― Jean-Jacques Rousseau "If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear."― Ayrton Senna "Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue."― James Wolcott