“The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity.”
— Matthew Simpson
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“Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith.”
— Kenneth Scott Latourette
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“First, I prepare. Then I have faith.”
— Joe Namath
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“Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times.”
— Richard Linklater
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“Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith.”
— Jon Meacham
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“My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.”
— Anne Lamott
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“Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.”
— Francis Beaumont
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“If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.”
— Matthew Simpson
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“The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.”
— Abraham Cahan
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“The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India… has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.”
— Ignatius Loyola
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“Faith is a state of openness or trust.”
— Alan Watts
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