All Austin Farrer Quotes
- 'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death.' But with… Beneficence
- Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the… Acting
- When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them… Acknowledge
- The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship. Christ
- Religion is more like a response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert. Expert
- What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief… Abandoned
- It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The premise… Abandoned
- A climate in which belief may flourish Belief
- The notion of God is the notion of richness without accident Accident
- Faith begins where religious pretension ends Begins