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Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his read more
Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine.
Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.
Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
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.
His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might
Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right.
His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might
Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right.
"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."
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."
Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.
Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.
