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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
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Faith is a continuation of reason.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
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May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that faith is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?
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Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
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In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
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Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
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You don't decide to build a church because you have money in the bank. You build because God says this is what I should do. Faith is the supplier of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.
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The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they themselves realize.
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.
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Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.
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Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]
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All things are possible to him who believes. [Mark 9:23]
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According to your faith; be it done unto you.
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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. [Hebrews 11:6]
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If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. [Mark 9:23]
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For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
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Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you. [Peter 3:15]
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For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made... [Romans 1:20]
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Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shall find it after many days.
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Faith. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.
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I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...
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To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
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If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.
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I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
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You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.
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There is no such thing as a lack of faith. We all have plenty of faith, it's just that we have faith in the wrong things. We have faith in what can't be done rather than what can be done. We have faith in lack rather than abundance but there is no lack of faith. Faith is a law.
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe --you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.
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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.
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
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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.
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Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.
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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.
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What we wish, that we readily believe.
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It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination. If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.
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As he that fears God hears nothing else, so, he that sees God sees every thing else.
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Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right, by these we reach divinity.
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Faith is not contrary to reason
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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws -- a thing which can never be demonstrated.
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To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty... this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.
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Our faith comes in moments... yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences.
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All that I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
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The course of everything goes to teach us faith.
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
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It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.
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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.
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Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it-likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
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In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
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The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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Faith must be enforced by reason. When faith becomes blind it dies.
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Non-violence is the article of faith.
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Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
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I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.
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Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
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Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.
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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?
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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.
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Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it's doomed to failure.
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A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
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Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.
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The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
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Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.
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The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.
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The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
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Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.
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All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, but though I seem to be driven out of my country as a misbeliever I have found no man yet with a faith like mine.
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Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody -- it saves so much trouble.