Faith Quotes

Belief in something greater, whether divine, human, or simply possible.

24879 quotes

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"Religious traditions survive because they address perennial human concerns."
Wendy Doniger
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"The sacred is the primordial reality"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Religious experience is not merely subjective"
Mircea Eliade
M
"The sacred and the profane are two modes of existence"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Ritual brings order to chaos"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Every ritual is a repetition of the creation"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Rituals reconnect us with the sacred"
Mircea Eliade
M
"All religions express the same ultimate truth"
Mircea Eliade
M
"The profane world cries out for sacralization"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Ritual space is sacred space"
Mircea Eliade
M
"The eternal is always breaking into time"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Every act can be transformed into ritual"
Mircea Eliade
M
"The sacred is experienced through the body"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Every place can become a hierophany"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Sacred space separates the holy from the mundane"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Rituals restore wholeness and integration"
Mircea Eliade
M
"The sacred cannot be destroyed, only forgotten"
Mircea Eliade
M
"Every religion contains a nucleus of truth"
Mircea Eliade
M
"The sacred is encountered in ultimate concern"
Mircea Eliade
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"By declaring that life is meaningful despite its tragedies and absurdities, we assert our belief in life's importance."
Victor Frankl
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"A child's trust is a sacred responsibility."
Bruno Bettelheim
D
"Faith is not blind belief but trust earned through repeated experiences of being held and supported."
D.W. Winnicott
J
"Religion is not about believing things. It is about belonging to things."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"The real issue is not belief, but belonging."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"There is no natural religion; all religion is cultural."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"What makes something sacred is the group's designation of it as such."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"Every religion is a response to human concerns."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"The sacred is what we set apart."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"Religion is fundamentally about meaning."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"All religions are human religions."
Jonathan Z. Smith