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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.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
And we shall be made truly wise if we be content; content, too,
not only with what we can read more
And we shall be made truly wise if we be content; content, too,
not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do
not understand--the habit of mind which theologians call--and
rightly--faith in God.
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests read more
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.
To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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.