To try to fashion something from suffering to relish our triumphs and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.
The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.
A faith is something you die for a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.
When Christians start thinking about Jesus things start breaking down they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ the very linchpin of their religion.
What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it or rational argument that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it.
For me and I suspect for lots of other people too bad things actually sometimes make you think more about faith and the fact that you're not facing these things on your own.
The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.
The important things are children honesty integrity and faith.
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy and when we lose faith in the system we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
The other day the President said I know you've had some rough times and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused then said would you like a puppy?
And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
Hope like faith is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve.
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
All that I say is examine inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions the for and against. Know why you believe understand what you believe and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You and keep doing what you love. Do what you love and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
Is it faith to understand nothing and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith.
The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified finally by their behavior.
How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.