It is the heart which experiences God, not the reason.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
The way to see by Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
There is but one ultimate Power. This Power is to each one what he is to it.
—Ernest Holmes (1887–1960) American New Thought Writer, Teacher
We cannot live on probabilities. The faith in which we can live bravely and die in peace must be a certainty, so far as it professes to be a faith at all, or it is nothing.
—James Anthony Froude (1818–94) British Historian, Novelist, Biographer, Editor
Faith makes all things possible… love makes all things easy.
—Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher
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.
—Viktor Frankl (1905–97) Austrian Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist
Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
—Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American Inventor, Philosopher
No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it awakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.
—Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French Theologian, Musician, Philosopher, Physician
Whoever falls from God’s right hand is caught into his left.
—Edwin Markham (1852–1940) American Poet, Educator
The will of God will not take you where the grace of God cannot keep you.
—Unknown
We live by Faith; but Faith is not the slave
Of text and legend. Reason’s voice and God’s,
Nature’s and Duty’s, never are at odds.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
To leap across an abyss, one is better served by faith than doubt.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
Faith is a total attitude of the self.
—John Macquarrie (1919–2007) British Theologian, Clergyman
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings; I know that God is good.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you’ve got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not yet a winner.
—Vince Lombardi (1913–70) American Football Coach
Living without faith is like driving in a fog.
—Common Proverb
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. … To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms—this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong in the ranks of devoutly religious men.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ.
—A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) American Christian Pastor, Preacher, Author, Editor
Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space.
—Charles Spurgeon (1834–92) English Baptist Preacher
Those who, out of piety and purity of mind, distribute rice, will obtain rice both in this world and in the hereafter.
—Buddhist Teaching
Pardon, not wrath, is God’s best attribute.
—Bayard Taylor (1825–78) American Poet, Literary Critic, Translator, Translator
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.
—Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) English Dramatist
The course of everything goes to teach us faith.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
—John Henry Newman (1801–90) British Theologian, Poet
Prayer needs a heart, not a tongue.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Now the God of hope fills you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Faith is God felt by heart, not by reason.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
It was the schoolboy who said, “Faith is believing what you know ain’t so”.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Faith, like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
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.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
When we lose God, it is not God who is lost.
—Unknown
You have to believe in gods to see them.
—American Indian Proverb
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
God has many names, though He is only one Being.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us; to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
Faith is a certain image of eternity. All things are present to it—things past, and things to come; it converses with angels, and antedates the hymns of glory. Every man that hath this grace is as certain there are glories for him, if he perseveres in duty, as if he had heard and sung the thanksgiving song for the blessed sentence of doomsday.
—Jeremy Taylor
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.
—Georges Gurdjieff (1877–1949) Armenian Spiritual Leader, Occultist
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Who fathoms the Eternal Thought?$Who talks of scheme and plan?$The Lord is God! He needeth not$The poor device of man.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
The best definition of faith that I know is that it is reason grown courageous. Moreover, that is all that Christ ever asked us for, and the reason he asked us for that was because he wants to use us. He needs our help. It is almost impossible to believe it. But God Almighty wants our help, so Christ tells us.
—Wilfred Grenfell (1865–1940) Canadian Humanitarian, Doctor
Faith is that strengthening power within Urging me on my way, Teaching me all that I must know, Helping to obey. Faith is that strengthening power within Lighting the road I trod, Helping me know which way to go, Pointing the way to God.
—Unknown
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.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
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
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Our faith triumphant o’er our fears.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can go only so far, but faith has no limits.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian