“If I must be faithful to someone or something, I have, first of all, have to be faithful to myself.”

The God-Seeker (1949), Ch. 59

As quoted in The Gospel According to Disney : Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust (2004) by Mark I. Pinsky, p. 20
Context: Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My operations are based on experience, thoughtful observation and warm fellowship with my neighbors at home and around the world.

Source: The Book of Lost Things

Personal correspondence (1839), as quoted in Dostoevsky: His Life and Work (1971) by Konstantin Mochulski, as translated by Michael A. Minihan, p. 17
Context: To study the meaning of man and of life — I am making significant progress here. I have faith in myself. Man is a mystery: if you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out, then do not say that you have wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery, because I want to be a man.

Source: Attributed in posthumous publications, Einstein and the Poet (1983), p. 94

Lighthead (2010), "Snow for Wallace Stevens"

Source: 1840s, Works of Love (1847), p. 378

Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)