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But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter VIIIn context
- Hope
Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Lewis Carroll1832–1898Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Chapter VIn context
- Thinking
‘No. You see children know such a lot now, they soon don’t believe in fairies, and every time a child says, ‘I don’t believe in fairies,’ there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Children
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act I, Scene I, spoken by BeatriceIn context
- Clever Jabs
O, I’ll leap up to my God!⁠—Who pulls me down?⁠—
See, see, where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament!
One drop would save my soul, half a drop: ah, my Christ!
Christopher Marlowe1564–1593Doctor Faustus (c. 1592), spoken by FaustusIn context
- Christianity
They also serve who only stand and waite.
John Milton1608–1674On His Blindness (1673)In context
- God
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound!)
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,⁠—
Was blind, but now I see.
John Newton1725–1807Amazing Grace (1779)In context
- God
Through many dangers, toils, and snares.
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
John Newton1725–1807Amazing Grace (1779)In context
- God
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809–1892In Memoriam A.H.H. (1849), Canto XCIVIn context
- Religion
No coward soul is mine,
No trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere:
I see Heaven’s glories shine,
And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.
Emily Brontë1818–1848No Coward Soul Is Mine (1846)In context
- Courage
The sea of faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.
Matthew Arnold1822–1888Dover Beach (1867)In context
- Religion
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
William Cowper1731–1800Light Shining out of Darkness (1774)In context
- God
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.
William Cowper1731–1800Light Shining out of Darkness (1774)In context
- God
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
Francis Thompson1859–1907The Hound of Heaven (1890)In context
- God
As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chapter IIn context