Faith Quotes

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

24879 quotes

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"Only a few knew that the decision to live or die in those terrible circumstances depended on faith in the future."
Victor Frankl
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"The only thing that matters is whether one has fulfilled one's specific responsibility."
Victor Frankl
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"A free man's worship is a worship by grace and is spontaneous."
Victor Frankl
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"In fact, I have become convinced that the angels wear their wings for a reason."
Victor Frankl
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"The sacred dimension of life cannot be ignored or transcended."
Louis Dumont
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"Religion in its pure form is a search for truth."
Edmund Leach
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"The function of ritual is to transform understanding into belief."
Edmund Leach
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"The sacred lies in the ordinary if we know how to see it."
Edmund Leach
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"Symbols connect the visible and invisible"
Pierre Clastres
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"The sacred cannot be owned or traded"
Pierre Clastres
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"The sacred is always expressed through myth and ritual, which connect us to the transcendent."
Mircea Eliade
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"Religious experience connects individuals to the infinite and eternal."
Mircea Eliade
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"Rituals are the language through which humans communicate with the divine."
Mircea Eliade
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"The center of the world exists wherever humans experience the sacred."
Mircea Eliade
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"Cosmic consciousness emerges when we recognize the eternal within time."
Mircea Eliade
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"Repetition in ritual connects us to primordial, cosmic events."
Mircea Eliade
M
"Sacred space is created wherever humans encounter the transcendent."
Mircea Eliade
M
"Religious experience transcends cultural boundaries and speaks to universal truths."
Mircea Eliade
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"The gods speak through symbols to those who have learned their language."
Mircea Eliade
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"Religion is not about belief; it is about belonging and practice."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"The sacred is whatever a community decides to treat as sacred."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"We are all natives of the secular world and pilgrims in the sacred."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"Sacred time is created through repetition and intention."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"The sacred is distinguished by the attention we pay to it."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"Ritual creates the conditions for experiences that feel transcendent."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"Sacred space is created through intention and collective agreement."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"The sacred is an achievement, not a discovery."
Jonathan Z. Smith
J
"The sacred is what a community decides to treat as requiring careful attention."
Jonathan Z. Smith
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"Religion provides meaning in a world that may seem meaningless."
Clifford Geertz
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"If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering."
Victor Frankl