faith quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."
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"Faith consists in believing what reason cannot."
721
"I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith."
969
"I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me."
1013
"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!"
1072
"It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey."
1079
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt."
1194
"Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it."
1007
"In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love."
1067
"Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice."
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