Fix reason firmly in her seat and call to her tribunal every fact every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because if there be one he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God because if there be one he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blind-folded fear.

Our first responsibility is to protect the American people and we cannot put on blinders to expect that everyone who seeks asylum does so in good faith.

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

Dawkins considers that all faith is blind faith and that Christian and Muslim children are brought up to believe unquestioningly. Not even the dim-witted clerics who knocked me about at grammar school thought that.

I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist you feel like you have more control over the situation and that you can change your karma.

All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today in any scene.

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such. For him skepticism is the highest of duties blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

Blind faith in your leaders or in anything will get you killed.

Blind faith no matter how passionately expressed will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

Love like a chicken salad or restaurant hash must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.

Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.

Ultimately blind faith is the only kind.

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also lead to their failure.