"A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray." ― Havelock Ellis Topic(s): Faith More From Havelock Ellis "It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success." "The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite." "The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it grants to our sense of smell by the ferocity with which it assails our sense of hearing." More In Faith "There will be trying times during Obama’s presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country."― Bill Kristol "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 not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active."― Edith Hamilton