Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.
Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.
Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
Belief is thought at rest.
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.
That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.