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To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere Philosophy.
SIR THOMAS BROWNE, Religio Medici
We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith.
STEPHEN KING, Danse Macabre
Cleave to no faith when faith brings blood.
ARTHUR MILLER, The Crucible
- All we have gained then by our unbelief
- Is a life of doubt diversified by faith,
- For one of faith diversified by doubt:
- We called the chess-board white -- we call it black.
ROBERT BROWNING, Bishop Blougram's Apology
Faith is not just something you have, it's something you do.
BARACK OBAMA, speech, Dec. 1, 2006
When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable.
CHARLES DICKENS, Nicholas Nickleby
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
ALEISTER CROWLEY, The Book of Lies
The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.
RONALD REAGAN, speech for National Association of Evangelicals, March 8, 1983
We think of faith as a source of comfort and understanding but find our expression of faith sowing division; we believe ourselves to be a tolerant people even as racial, religious, and cultural tensions roil the landscape. And instead of resolving these tensions or mediating these conflicts, our politics fans them, exploits them, and drives us further apart.
BARACK OBAMA, The Audacity of Hope
Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts.
BARACK OBAMA, speech, Jun. 28, 2006
Faith and optimism are contagious.
THOM S. RAINER, Surprising Insights from the Unchurched
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