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.

An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.

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?

I'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try
doing your VAT return with read more

I'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try
doing your VAT return with a head full of goblins.

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

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.