Anselm Quote by Andrew Root

Understanding is the reward of faith.

— Saint Augustine

“We do not simply decide to believe, having been convinced by factual evidence. We first grasp the truth, being enabled by the Holy Spirit,…

— Arthur C. Custance

“Abiding faith does not depend on borrowed concepts. Rather, it is the magnetic force of a bone-deep, lived understanding, one that draws us to…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Faith, however, is not intellectual understanding; faith is a deliberate commitment to the Person of Jesus Christ, even when I can’t see the way…

— Oswald Chambers

“There is an urgent need…to see once again that faith is a light, for once the flame of faith dies out, all other lights…

— The Word Among Us Press

“Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.”

— Saint Augustine

“Faith is the emotional gap that bridges what something is in the heavenly realm, and what it is not yet, in the physical.”

— Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA

“Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. Faith also means reaching deeply within,…

— Anne Lamott

“Faith serves as a spur to practice; practice leads to experiential understanding; and when one’s understanding matures, it blossoms in full realization.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Faith is an act whereby they learn their God.”

— Geoffrey Wood

Faith is a re-directing of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

From the beginning, the sensation of the marvelous presupposes faith.

— Alejo Carpentier