It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?
—Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher
Some people talk about frnding God, as if He could get lost.
—Unknown
The primary cause of unhappiness in the world today is… lack of faith.
—Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words, than words without a heart.
—John Bunyan (1628–88) English Puritan Writer, Preacher
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
—Michelangelo (1475–1564) Italian Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Poet, Engineer
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
Every life is a profession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
At the beginning of every act of faith, there is often a seed of fear. For great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm calculation.
—Max Lucado (b.1955) American Christian Author, Minister
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.
—James Joyce (1882–1941) Irish Novelist, Poet
Faith may be relied upon to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation.
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Essayist, Short Story Writer, Satirist
Faith is: dead to doubts, dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities.
—Unknown
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.
—George Sand (1804–76) French Novelist, Dramatist
Faith is a passionate intuition.
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Poet
Faith begins as an experiment and ends as an experience.
—William Ralph Inge (1860–1954) English Anglican Clergyman, Priest, Mystic
The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Others boast of their love for God. My boast is that I did not love God; it was He who loved me and sought me out and forced me to belong to Him.
—Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian Mystic, Philosopher, Poet
Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself,” but a sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins, that He loved me and gave Himself for me.
—John Wesley (1703–91) British Methodist Religious Leader, Preacher, Theologian
To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
A humble knowledge of oneself is a surer road to God than a deep searching of the sciences.
—Thomas a Kempis (1379–1471) German Religious Priest, Writer
Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God.
—George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish Novelist, Lecturer, Poet
It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
—Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk
You have to believe in gods to see them.
—American Indian Proverb
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
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.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe, that thou mayest understand.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith . .. Can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.
—Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician