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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe read more
If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle read more
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith.
The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the read more
The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches
To th' bottom of the worst.
The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man read more
The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful must take himself perpetually unfaithful to all the continual, successive, indefatigable, renascent errors.
Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.
Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that read more
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.
I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.
I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.
By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? read more
By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?
