“As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.”
— Thomas Browne
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Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms
“Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered… the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith… All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.”
— Thomas Becket
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People with deep faith and big hearts
“People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person – irrespective of the title they currently hold – can do.”
— Jeb Bush
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What makes community organizing especially attractive is
“What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.”
— Paul Wellstone
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Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief;
“Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.”
— Ellen G. White
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When our forefathers put down roots in
“When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places, the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith to see them through the tough times.”
— Lee Greenwood
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Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to
“Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.”
— William Ames
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My faith always has been and always
“My faith always has been and always will be important to me.”
— Aretha Franklin
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Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe
“Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists.”
— Timothy Radcliffe
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I have an almost complete disregard of
“I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.”
— Clara Barton
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed,
“Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.”
— E. O. Wilson
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