Faith Quotes

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

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"The bridge between faiths is built not by denying differences but by honoring the sincerity of each tradition."
Matteo Ricci
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"Faith is not the absence of doubt, but the choice to move forward despite it."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"A woman who stands firm in her principles cannot be moved by the storms of opposition."
Christine de Pizan
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"Faith is not blind; it is the vision of the heart that the eyes cannot yet see."
Christine de Pizan
"Faith is the bridge between what we know and what we hope to become."
Juan Luis Vives
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"I have been able to touch something eternal."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Affliction is the good man's shining time."
Francesco Petrarch
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"The laws of mathematics are immutable; they teach us humility."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."
Gerolamo Cardano
"The mind can conceive and the heart can believe what the world says is impossible."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Fear makes men believe in God."
Francis Bacon
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"A man's religion is the chief consideration of his life."
Francis Bacon
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"Nothing so much assists the augmentation of the Christian religion as the occasional reading of our enemies."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Faith is the substance of things hoped for."
Francesco Petrarch
"In every human being there is a spark of divine light."
Juan Luis Vives
"To serve others is to serve God."
Juan Luis Vives
"The voice of conscience is the voice of God within us."
Juan Luis Vives
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"The task of the missionary is not to destroy the culture of a people, but to elevate it through the light of truth."
Matteo Ricci
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"In serving others, we serve the Divine."
Matteo Ricci
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"In every culture, we find evidence of humanity reaching toward the Divine."
Matteo Ricci
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"The leap of faith is not absence of reason; it is reason's humility before mystery."
Matteo Ricci
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"In faith lies the courage to hope when circumstances offer none."
Christine de Pizan
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"Faith is the compass that guides us through darkness."
Baltasar Gracián
"To preserve one's faith in dark times is to possess a light no darkness can extinguish."
Gerolamo Cardano
"To doubt one's own doubt is to take the first step toward genuine faith."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"He that gives himself to be a religion let him never expect to be wise."
Francis Bacon
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"Seek ye first the good of the other world, and the rest shall be added unto you."
Francis Bacon
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"Faith and reason need not be at odds with one another."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Faith provides meaning when reason reaches its limits."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Faith is the strength of the spirit."
Raphael Sanzio