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