Faith is courage; it is creative while despair is always destructive.

Faith is courage; it is creative while despair is always destructive.

Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch.

Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

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.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, read more

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.

There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious
faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? read more

There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious
faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If
not, have none of it.

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.

Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.