It is useless to tell
one not to reason but to believe --you might as well tell a man
not to wake but sleep.
Lord Byron 1788-1824, British Poet
To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is
not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.
Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher, Author
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways
you may not understand at the time.
Oswald Chambers 1874-1917 Scottish Preacher, Author
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
William Ellery Channing 1780-1842, American Unitarian Minister,
Author
All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things
unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong
convictions precede great actions.
James Freeman Clarke 1810-1888, American Minister, Theologian
Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are
praying.
Mason Cooley
Do you know how to digest your food? Do you know how to fill your
lungs with air? Do you know how to establish, regulate and direct
the metabolism of your body -- the assimilation of foodstuff so
that it builds muscles, bones and flesh? No, you don't know how
consciously, but there is a wisdom within you that does know.
Donald Curtis
Non-violence is the article
of faith.
Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948, Indian Political, Spiritual Leader
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the
caravan of thinking.
Kahlil Gibran 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist
Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it
be united with faith in his justice.
George W. Goethals
If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There
is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same
faith under another mask?
Graham Greene 1904-1991, British Novelist
In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required
is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while,
for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it
is for him.
George Gurdjieff 1873-1949, Russian Adept, Teacher, Writer
Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it's doomed
to failure.
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