My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They read more

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you read more

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

We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried,
"Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"
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We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried,
"Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"
Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the blast!
What man can look on Death unterrified?

Faith is a higher faculty than reason.

Faith is a higher faculty than reason.

Some say there is no God
...that we are squatting tenants
in the hostile house of
an absent slumlord.

Some say there is no God
...that we are squatting tenants
in the hostile house of
an absent slumlord.

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

Fate can bring two people together...but fate can also pull them apart.

Fate can bring two people together...but fate can also pull them apart.

"Take courage, soul!
Hold not thy strength in vain!
With faith o'ercome the steeps
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"Take courage, soul!
Hold not thy strength in vain!
With faith o'ercome the steeps
Thy God hath set for thee.
Beyond the Alpine summits of great pain
Lieth thine Italy."