“Now faith is not what wehereafter have we have aworld resting on nothingRest was never more thanabstract since it is emptyreality we cannot escape”
“If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.”
“We cannot know what faith is if we have never had it, and we cannot obtain it as long as we deny it. Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.”
“Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.”
“Once we have accepted the story, we cannot escape the story's fate.”
“The law of the jungle which I learned at a young age, and have been trying to escape ever since, is that we what we must to survive.”