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FAITH
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"Since manking has existed, wherever life has been, there also has been the faith that gave the possibility of living. Faith is…that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live. If Man did not believe that he must live for something, he would not live at all." Leo Tolstoy
Varieties of Religious Experience, The
(William James)
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"I love the universe that surrounds me too dearly not to have confidence in it."
Science and Christ
(Pierre Teilhard deChardin)
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"The spirit within us has faith that our needs will always be met."
Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles
(Caroline Myss)
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"The apostle gives us the following definition of faith: 'Faith makes real for us things hoped for, gives assurance of things not seen' (Hebrews 11:1). One may also justly define it as an engrained blessing." St. Maximos the Confessor, 'Second Century of Various Texts'
The Philokalia, volume 2
(various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)
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"The marvelous reveals itself in the mundane; in the garden, the park, the vacant lot, the desert. You see it in the sudden appearance of a cluster of fungus on a tree after a week of rain or at home dusting off furniture, revealing the surface underneath. To really see through, you must believe it is possible to do so and then simply do it! Before long, life becomes an experience of constant revelation." June Singer, 'Seeing Through the Visible World'
As Above, So Below: Paths to Spiritual Renewal in Daily Life
(Ronald S. Miller and the editors of New Age Journal)
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"A man consists of the faith that is in him. Whatever he is, his faith is." Bhagavad Gita
Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations
(Margaret Pepper, editor)
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"We have to have faith in our own abilities to take us to a place of safety for humanity and other sentient beings."
The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion
(Wayne Teasdale)
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"He who would in his own person test the fact of God's presence can do so by a living faith. Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to Truth and Love." Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1848), Hindu statesman and mystic, 'Gandhi's Ideas'
The Choice Is Always Ours
(Dorothy B. Phillips, Chief Editor)
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"Faith is the opening of an inward eye, the eyes of the heart, to be filled with the presence of the Divine light." Thomas Merton, 'New Seeds of Contemplation'
The Inner West, An Introduction to the Hidden Wisdom of the West
(Jay Kinney, editor)
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"Though we have lost our way ten thousand times, the longing just beyond the boundaries of the ordinary mind continues to trust and taste. We are irrationally hopeful, and that's often what it takes."
Turning Toward the Mystery: A Seeker's Journey
(Stephen Levine)
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"Faith is the subtle chain that binds us to the infinite." O. E. Smith
Living Quotations for Christians
(Sherwood Eliot Wirt and Kersten Beckstrom, editors)
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"The power of faith is…always recognized if it is placed in love."
A Course in Miracles
(Helen Schucman and William Thetford)
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"Hold on to the truth that all dark nights end with a light illuminating a new path."
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
(Caroline Myss)
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"He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery." Anne Frank (1929-1945), 'The Diary of a Young Girl', March 7, 1944
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition
(John Bartlett)
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"Trust that behind all events, no matter how painful, there is a reason from which good can come."
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
(Caroline Myss)
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"We learn music by mastering its fundamentals and then correcting every slip of our fingers as we practice. So we learn faith by trying to understand that we are children of light and then correcting every thought that denies our glorious heritage of life and love."
The Healing Light
(Agnes Sanford)
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"In our effort to heal the problems of the world, we will have to have the daring and wisdom to believe the heart – to begin to let the answers unfold, through inner guidance and intuitive knowing, and in love and faith." Eric Butterworth, Unity minister and radio broadcaster, 'The Age of Wisdom'
New Thoughts for a New Millennium
(Michael A. Maday, editor)
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"Faith is the soul's witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving."
A Greater Psychology, An Introduction to Sri Aurobindo's Psychological Thought
(Sri Aurobindo, edited by A. S. Dalal)
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"Whatever their religious or philosophical allegiance, all people know that there would be little chance of improving the world if it were not for the faith derived from the god within."
A God Within
(Rene Dubos)
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"Absence of doubt is trusting in the heart, trusting yourself. Being without doubt means that you have connected with yourself."
Shambhala
(Chogyam Trungpa)
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"Everything begins with man's decision to cleave to God. 'Devekut' [devotion to God] is a starting point and not the end. Everyone is able to realize it instantaneously. All he has to do is to take his monotheistic faith seriously."
The Messianic Idea in Judaism, And Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality
(Gershom Scholem)
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"Science and technology could not exist unless we had faith in the reliability of the universe."
The Perennial Philosophy
(Aldous Huxley)
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"Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you." St. John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Letters From the Saints
(Claude Williamson, Compiler)
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"What we do is a better indication of what we believe than what we think we think."
Companions on the Inner Way
(Morton T. Kelsey)
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"Always, beyond the darkness, God's greater plan is in motion. That is the truth you need to trust."
Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
(Caroline Myss)
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