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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Augustine of Hippo354–430Sermones 4.1.1
Unless you believe, you will not understand.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
Adolf Hitler1889–1945
- Knowledge
The great act of faith is when a man decides that he is not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.1841–1935Letter to William James (24 March 1907).
- God
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
Victor Hugo1802–1885
Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.
John Irvingborn 1942A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), ch. 9
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah766–686 BCThe Book of Isaiah (c. 800–500 B.C.), 40:31 KJV
- Hope
Faith is nothing else than reason grown courageous — reason raised to its highest power, expanded to its widest vision.
L. P. Jacks1860–1955“Religious Perplexities” (1922), his Hibbert Lecture.
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James1842–1910The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)
- Life & Death
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.
William James1842–1910The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)
- Risk
The most any one can do is to confess as candidly as he can the grounds for the faith that is in him, and leave his example to work on others as it may.
William James1842–1910The Dilemma of Determinism (1884)
Of course, the sovereign cure for worry is religious faith.
William James1842–1910Talks to Teachers on Psychology: and to Students on Some of Life’s Ideals (1899), “The Gospel of Relaxation”
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Sermon on the Mount
- Nature
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Sermon on the Mount
- God
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Sermon on the Mount
- Prayer