What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of read more

What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--
They sought a faith's pure shrine!

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.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm.

In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm.

Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it read more

Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of
his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come
to him, again and again, and when the hill stood still, he was
never a whit abashed, but said, "If the hill will not come to
Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill."

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

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.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

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.