“To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.”
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“As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.”
“The faith I was born into formed me.”
“I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith.”
“Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.”
“Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.”
“But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.”
“So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.”
“Have faith in your own thoughts.”
“Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.”
“I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.”
“I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids.”
“These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution.”
“Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.”
“I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.”
“Let's say black, the whole black religious experience, here, is very impressive to me, because when I first arrived I realized that people carry their faith with so much pride.”
“I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me.”
“We can reach our potential, but to do so, we must reach within ourselves. We must summon the strength, the will, and the faith to move forward - to be bold - to invest in our future.”
“You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if you're afraid to get up and go out there. So you've got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that.”
“When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.”
“I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.”
“Seeds of faith are always within us sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.”
“Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.”
“Most atheists bristle at the thought that atheism has anything to do with faith, but not Penn Jillette.”