“I believe that we must reach our brother, never toning down our fundamental oppositions, but meeting him when he asks to be met, with a reason for the faith that is in us, as well as with a loving sympathy for them as brothers.”
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“It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.”
“Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up.”
“Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being.”
“In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings.”
“Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.”
“Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings.”
“When you look around right now, Nashville is kind of going through another changing of guard you're watching the Martina McBrides and the Faith Hills and all of them that have been the big stars for the last however many years, and the next generation is coming in: Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, those girls.”
“Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose also the first announcement of death.”
“It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.”
“The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.”
“I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.”
“Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.”
“To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I'm adding up the evidence on either side, and I'm seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.”
“God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK.”
“I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history.”
“Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.”
“Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.”
“My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured, before I sent it, he would not answer it.”
“The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.”
“Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith.”
“Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.”
“My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.”
“The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.”