I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.

The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man's land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I'm capitalizing like a German, but it doesn't matter whether it's faith in a person or in God, or belief in science or whatever, it's the desperate in-between state that makes for interesting dramatic tension.

Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.

They that are of the flesh cannot do the works of the Spirit, neither can they that are spiritual do the works of the flesh, even as faith cannot do the works of unbelief, nor unbelief the works of faith.

By night an atheist half believes a God.

When faith burns itself out, 'tis God who dies and thenceforth proves unavailing.

Atheists put on a false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

Anti-clericalism and non-belief, have their bigots just as orthodoxy does.

When incredulity becomes a faith, it is less rational than a religion.

If there is a God, atheism must strike Him as less of an insult than religion.

Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.

If there are none [gods], All our toil is without meaning.

The unbelief of the age is attested by the loud condemnation of trifles.

To lose ones faith-surpass The loss of an Estate- Because Estates can be Replenished- faith cannot-.

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt: We called the chess-board white,- we call it black.

There is no proselyter half so energetic as the hard-shelled atheist.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.