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Quotes about faith
A collection of quotes on the topic of faith.
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„The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not. Psychologically, there is nothing in the world that you can put your faith, your trust, or your belief in. Neither your gods, nor your science can save you, can bring you psychological certainty; and you have to accept that you can trust in absolutely nothing.“
— Jiddu Krishnamurti Indian spiritual philosopher 1895 - 1986
1960s, Context: The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not. Psychologically, there is nothing in the world that you can put your faith, your trust, or your belief in. Neither your gods, nor your science can save you, can bring you psychological certainty; and you have to accept that you can trust in absolutely nothing. That is a scientific fact, as well as a psychological fact. Because, your leaders — religious and political — and your books — sacred and profane — have all failed, and you are still confused, in misery, in conflict. So, that is an absolute, undeniable fact.
Bombay, Second Public Talk (25 February 1962)
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„I have not lost my faith; and this I must attribute more to a miracle than to my own wisdom; more to Divine Providence than to my own virtue. Steadfastly, in fact from my earliest childhood, I have made this my prayer, "Lord God… grant me long life, and wisdom, and health of mind and body."“
— Girolamo Cardano Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer 1501 - 1576
The Book of My Life (1930)
„It is a pity that this faithful youth is sacrificed in a hopeless situation.“
— Gerd von Rundstedt German Field Marshal during World War II 1875 - 1953
Quoted in "The Second World War: A Complete History" - Page 585 - by Sir Martin Gilbert - History - 2004
„While you are going through your trial, you can recall your past victories and count the blessings that you do have with a sure hope of greater ones to allow if you are faithful.“
— Ezra Taft Benson President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1899 - 1994
„Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.“
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
„Blessed the man whose faith is different
from possessiveness - of a kind not framed by 'things which do appear“
— Marianne Moore American poet and writer 1887 - 1972
Poetry, Hebrews 11:3
Blessed be the Man
„If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.“
— Claude McKay Jamaican American writer, poet 1889 - 1948
„I used to think that my career was to be a police officer, and that is what I was put here to do. But I always kept the faith and always worked hard on my goals and I finally found out on Sept. 25, 1998, why I was put here - (God) called me here to be Mr. Olympia.“
— Ronnie Coleman American bodybuilder 1964
Brenda Young (May 17, 2003) "Living his dream", The News-Star, p. 1C.
„People who respect nothing dread fear. It is upon fear, therefore, that I have built up my organization. But understand me correctly, please. Those who work with me are afraid of nothing. Those who work for me are kept faithful, not so much because of their pay as because they know what might be done with them if they broke faith.“
— Al Capone American gangster 1899 - 1947
„I confess today in good faith that I am angry with myself for having formerly seen in a bad light, within the revolutionary government, Robespierre and Saint-Just. I believe that these two men were better on their own than all the revolutionaries together.“
— François-Noël Babeuf French political agitator and journalist of the French Revolutionary period 1760 - 1797
On Maximilien de Robespierre, Je confesse aujourd'hui de bonne foi que je m'en veux d'avoir autrefois vu en noir, et le gouvernement révolutionnaire et Robespierre et Saint-Just. Je crois que ces hommes valaient mieux à eux seuls que tous les révolutionnaires ensemble.
[in Gracchus Babeuf avec les Egaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 69, 27082 2892-7]
„He has been for two thousand years the supreme Head of the Church Invisible, the Spiritual Hierarchy, composed of the disciples of all faiths. He recognises and loves those who are not Christian but who retain their allegiance to their Founders – the Buddha, Mohammed and others. He cares not what the faith is, if the objective is love of God and of humanity.“
— Alice A. Bailey esoteric, theosophist, writer 1880 - 1949
The Reappearance of the Christ (1948), Chapter III: The Reappearance of the Christ, World Expectancy
„The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of the earth on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.“
— Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese explorer 1480 - 1521
Disputed, This quotation is often found on the internet attributed to Magellan, but never with a source, and no English occurrence prior to its use by Robert Green Ingersoll in his essay "Individuality" http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/individuality.html (1873) has been located. Thus, it it most likely spurious. In that essay Ingersoll states:
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions, — some one who had the grandeur to say his say. I believe it was Magellan who said, "The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church." On the prow of his ship were disobedience, defiance, scorn, and success.
„My faith is in the unknown, in all that we do not understand by reason; I believe that what is beyond our comprehension is a simple fact in other dimensions,“
— Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography
Context: I believe that faith is a precursor of all our ideas. Without faith, there never could have evolved hypothesis, theory, science or mathematics. I believe that faith is an extension of the mind. It is the key that negates the impossible. To deny faith is to refute oneself and the spirit that generates all our creative forces. My faith is in the unknown, in all that we do not understand by reason; I believe that what is beyond our comprehension is a simple fact in other dimensions, and that in the realm of the unknown there is an infinite power for good.
My Autobiography, p. 291
„The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!“
— Swami Vivekananda Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher 1863 - 1902
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