“You say you lost your faith
But that's not where it's at
You had no faith to lose
And you know it”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
“Even where the Faith is preserved men pursue wealth and power inordinately. Where the Faith is lost they pursue nothing else.”
Source: Survivals and New Arrivals (1929), Ch. III Survivals (iii) The "Wealth and Power" Argument
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Abdullah II of Jordan (1962) King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Address to the European Parliament (2015)
Context: People thrive where there is mutual respect. Civilisation is built on it. Futures are better for it.
But co-existence must be made, and made again, in every generation. The common good is defended only by vigilance and action. This means more than security measures. Humanity must arm itself with ideas, with justice and with economic and social inclusion.
Today, these challenges have special importance. Our world faces an assault by terrorists with ruthless ambition. The motive is not faith, it is power; power pursued by ripping countries and communities apart in sectarian conflicts, and inflicting suffering across the world.
“If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) United States Supreme Court justice
Letter to John Ching Hsiung Wu (1924), published in Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: His Book Notices and Uncollected Letters and Papers (1936) by Harry Clair Shriver, p. 175.
1920s
“Have faith have faith. When you have nothing else have faith.”
Francine Rivers book A Voice in the Wind
Source: A Voice in the Wind
“Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.”
Lee Strobel (1952) American writer
Source: The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.”
Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary
Source: A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
“Truth resides where there is faith.”
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
L. P. Jacks (1860–1955) British educator, philosopher, and Unitarian minister
"Religious Perplexities" (1922), his Hibbert Lecture.
Matka Tereza (1910–1997) Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin
Undated letter indicating that, at least at times, Mother Teresa's theological doubts were strong enough to be regarded as Christian atheism, reported by Time (9 March 2007) http://time.com/4126238/mother-teresas-crisis-of-faith/,and quoted in "Was Mother Teresa an atheist?", in The Guardian (24 August 2007) http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/aug/24/wasmotherteresaanatheist <br class="br">2000s <br class="br">Context: Lord, my God, who am I that You should forsake me? The Child of your Love–and now become as the most hated one–the one–You have thrown away as unwanted–unloved. I call, I cling, I want–and there is no One to answer–no One on Whom I can cling–no, No One.–Alone … Where is my Faith–even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness & darkness–My God–how painful is this unknown pain–I have no Faith–I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart–& make me suffer untold agony. So many unanswered questions live within me afraid to uncover them–because of the blasphemy–If there be God –please forgive me–When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven–there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives & hurt my very soul.–I am told God loves me–and yet the reality of darkness & coldness & emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. Did I make a mistake in surrendering blindly to the Call of the Sacred Heart?