faith Quotes

“I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world when I saw it suffering the painful disorder of this island.”

― H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau

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“For just as faith teaches us that the supreme felicity of the other life consists only in this contemplation of the Divine Majesty, so we continue to learn by experience that a similar meditation, though incomparably less perfect, causes us to...”

― René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy

topic:life faith satisfaction

“Your real, new self . . . will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”

― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

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“Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

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“Don't roust your faith bird-high an' you won't do no crawlin' with the worms.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

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“Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.”

― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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“Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. . . . If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is.”

― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

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“FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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“The true knight of faith is a witness, never a teacher, and therein lies his deep humanity, which is worth a good deal more than this silly participation in others' weal and woe which is honored by the name of sympathy, whereas in fact it is...”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:faith vanity

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