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Faith Quotes by William James
- Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible ... faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue…
- Faith branches off the highroad before reason begins
- Every sort of energy and endurance, of courage and capacity for handling life's evils, is set free in those who have religious faith.
- The greatest discovery of the 19th century was not in the realm of the physical sciences, but the power of the subconscious mind touched by…
- Faith is one of the forces by which men live, and the total absence of it means collapse
- To leap across an abyss, one is better served by faith than doubt.
- Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences…
- It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an…
- Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
- There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
- Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi
- I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something… — Margaret Atwood
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. — Saint Augustine
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine