to rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to offer.
Ayn RandTo be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.
Ayn RandI saw that evil was impotentโthat evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-realโand that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.
Ayn Rand