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After all the shattering discoveries of science and conclusions of philosophy, mankind has still to live with dignity amid hostile nature, and in the presence of an unknowable power, and mankind can only succeed in this tremendous feat by the exercise of faith and of that mutual goodwill which is based in sincerity and charity. ~Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) There must be a tomorrow, because my life overflows today. ~Lois Chartrand Give me not, O God, that blind, fool faith in my friend, that sees no evil where evil is, but give me, O God, that sublime belief that seeing evil I yet have faith. ~Muriel Strode (1875–1964), My Little Book of Prayer, 1904 Faith... must be enforced by reason.... When faith becomes blind it dies. ~Mahatma Gandhi There is nothing more perplexing in life than to know at what point you should surrender your intellect to your faith. ~Margot Asquith If you listed all the reasons for your faith, and all the things that make you cry, it would be essentially the same list. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Faith and doubt both are needed — not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. ~Lillian Smith Sunbeams out of the clouds Faith out of all my doubt. ~Terri Guillemets Spring itself is Faith. In all its glory and color the true nature of our being is being reborn. Faith roots in our souls and grows in our hearts. Faith is the very beat of our hearts. Faith is the air we breathe. Faith is the lump in our throats and the tears we shed. Faith is the first rose that blooms. ~Barbara Collier, 2003 Faith is Hope with a holier name, hope that knows neither deceit nor death. Ah, how wisely do you speak of the philosophy of belief! It is, indeed, the telescope through which the stars grow large upon our gaze. ~Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer our souls sing of faith, our hearts a hymn of love ~Terri Guillemets As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit. ~Emmanuel Faith is the quiet cousin of courage. ~Judith Hanson Lasater In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t. ~Blaise Pascal To accept on faith is the basic requirement for getting on with life. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com The best faith is not the stagnant, same-every-day, sit-still faith but the faith that dances and sways with life. ~Terri Guillemets My Faith is larger than the Hills – So when the Hills decay – My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the Sun the way – 'Tis first He steps upon the Vane – And then – upon the Hill – And then abroad the World He go To do His Golden Will – And if His Yellow feet should miss – The Bird would not arise – The Flowers would slumber on their Stems – No Bells have Paradise – How dare I, therefore, stint a faith On which so vast depends – Lest Firmament should fail for me – The Rivet in the Bands ~Emily Dickinson, c.1863 Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God. ~Carter Lindberg Weave in faith and God will find the thread. ~Author Unknown Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. ~Mahalia Jackson Faith is not about everything turning out okay, faith is about being okay no matter how things turn out. ~Author Unknown The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate. ~Michael Eric Dyson Your heart is a sun— Joy its stars, Faith a moon, shining in your darkness.... ~Terri Guillemets Oh, brethren, be great believers! Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to you. ~C.H. Spurgeon Faith is believing that the outcome will be what it should be, no matter what it is. ~Colette Baron-Reid Faith can move mountains, but don’t be surprised if God hands you a shovel. ~Author Unknown On the map of faith, you are here. ~Terri Guillemets Sometimes, as practice for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. ~Friedrich Nietzsche A palace of doubt is senseless, The chambers have no light. ~Terri Guillemets Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been able to move real mountains.... But it can put mountains where there are none. ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 1879 Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to. ~George Seaton For if my faith in faith be strong, No doubt can enter in My mind to make me ill and sad, And let old Satan win! ~Gertrude T. Buckingham, "Have Faith in Faith" Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future. ~Robert Collyer Out of the darkness, out of the night, May I find joy and all that is right: Open my eyes, so I'll see the light That comes when we have spiritual sight. ~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, "Infinite Spirit, Abide With Me" (1940s) Strength will fade away in time, but faith will recharge it again. ~Fia Aulia Nurbina, September 2010 entry to The Quote Garden create your own quote contest on Twitter Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. ~Author Unknown As you reach for understanding, you find that your ladder of facts isn’t long enough, and you try to extend it by adding a rung of faith. Eventually you see that the task is hopeless, and you put away your ladder of facts and go get a ladder of faith. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live. ~George Lancaster Spalding Give thanks even in the worst of times, for it is during those times that our faith makes us whole. ~Grace de Vera, November 2009 entry to The Quote Garden create your own quote contest on Twitter Related Quotations: Confidence, God, Hope, Prayer, Courage, Fear, Jealousy, Attitude, Optimism, Risk, Worry, Stress, Adversity, Happiness, Health, Heart
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