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title: "11 Faith State Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Faith State quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Faith State sayings and thoughts."
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> [Faith is a state of openness or trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/faith-is-a-state-of-openness-or-trust/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

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> [Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/faith-is-the-state-of-being-ultimately-concerned/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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> [Faith is a state of mind which may be induced by auto suggestion. This is the make up of the mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-freeman/faith-is-a-state-of-mind-which-may-be-induced-by-auto-suggestion-this/)

[Franklin Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-freeman/)

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> [ “...the faith state...is the psychic correlate of a biological growth reducing contending-desires to one direction... \[p.272\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-faith-state-is-the-psychic-correlate-of-a-biological-growth/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/faith-is-a-state-of-mind-that-can-be-conditioned-through-self/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

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> [Faith as the state of being ultimately concerned implies love, namely, the desire and urge toward the reunion of the seperated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/faith-as-the-state-of-being-ultimately-concerned-implies-love-namely/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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> [Faith is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/faith-is-a-state-of-mind-which-may-be-induced-or-created-by/)

[Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/)

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> [Religious faith, is a state of mind, that leads people to believe in something, it doesn't matter what, without a whisper of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/religious-faith-is-a-state-of-mind-that-leads-people-to-believe-in/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Thanks in large measure to the ACLU, the belief that there is a wall of separation between faith and state, not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-lagard-smith/thanks-in-large-measure-to-the-aclu-the-belief-that-there-is-a-wall/)

[F. LaGard Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-lagard-smith/)

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> [“Reversing the stand he took in 1922, he now declares that faith is not a state of consciousness.71 Since it is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hammann-konrad/reversing-the-stand-he-took-in-1922-he-now-declares-that-faith-is-not/)

[Hammann Konrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hammann-konrad/)

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> [Faith is a state of openness or trust...In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/faith-is-a-state-of-openness-or-trust-in-other-words-a-person-who-is/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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