I'm a scientist not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.
Our national motto is 'In God we Trust ' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.
Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.
Basically there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.
When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty it becomes faith and the universe is built on faith.
Faith is a state of openness or trust.
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax and float.
Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is love can flourish.
No matter how old we become we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
Keep the faith don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.
Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.
Faith is not belief without proof but trust without reservation.
Our nation's Social Security Trust Fund is depleting at an alarming rate and failure to implement immediate reforms endangers the ability of Americans to plan for their retirement with the options and certainty they deserve.
I believe in trusting men not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be and how dangerous it is to trust them.
The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go 'Hey there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!'
You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.
I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me because I have no experience with children - but I try.
What is truth? Truth doesn't really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that.
In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap maybe even a credibility chasm on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment.
The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.
What we're doing now is we're saying that individual schools can spend the money on their own priorities so that head teachers can decide what's truly important because the big shift in approach on education that we're taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.
Just really really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line.