Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.
Source: Two Cheers for Democracy, What I Believe (1951).
-- E M Forster, (Jan 1 1879-1970), English novelist; He wrote of British/Indian and middle class conflicts in A Passage to India, 1924 and A Room With A View, 1908.