The facts of science are real enough and so are the techniques that scientists use and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.

I am a bit of a hopeless romantic. I really do have a faith and a belief in love and when I love I love hard.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God and in doing what is right and just.

Hope is the belief we might get it done and faith is the knowledge we will get it done.

The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms and in forty years of searching none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.

At times of distress we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people nurture the belief that they can do things.

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins and verify but which he must accept upon faith and belief.

Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.

All are free to believe or not believe all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief.