Faith - Quotes
The problem with faith, is that it really is a conversation stopper. Faith is a declaration of immunity to the powers of conversation. It is a reason, why you do not have to give reasons, for what you believe.
Where we have reasons for what we believe, we have no need of faith; where we have no reasons, we have lost both our connection to the world and to one another.
We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.
Lord, set my heart afire with faith, because I am losing faith. Lord, touch my heart, and set it afire.
That`s the scary thing about hope. [...] If you let it go too long it turns into faith.
- A question, before you go. What is the truth?
- We place faith in ourselves. We see the world the way it really is and hope that one day all mankind might see the same.
- What is the world, then?
- An illusion. One of which can either submit to - like most do - or transcend.
- What is it to transcend?
- To recognize nothing is true and everything is permitted. That laws arise not from divinity, but reason. I understand now that our creed does not commend us to be free - it commends us to be wise.
In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else`s path is wrong.
Let gratitude be the pillow
Upon which you kneel to
Say your nightly prayer
And let faith be the bridge
You build to overcome evil
And welcome good.
Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone - but that fervent faith which moves mountains - can transform this suicide into a sacrifice, can solve every riddle and relieve our weakness.
Some things can be both real and imaginary at the same time, [...] some lies can also be true, [...] broken faith may be restored.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith; and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Faith, imagination and intuition are decisive factors in the progress of science as in any other human activity.