Faith Quotes

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

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"Faith begins where reason ends, yet neither can exist without the other."
Slavoj Žižek
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"I believe that conscience is the most important tool we have."
Wangari Maathai
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"I believe that spirituality and environmentalism are deeply connected."
Wangari Maathai
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"To conserve is to act with faith that the future generations will understand and thank us."
Aldo Leopold
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"Faith is the belief in what cannot be proven."
Giorgio Agamben
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"The sacred hides in the profane."
Giorgio Agamben
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"Faith requires the suspension of reason."
Giorgio Agamben
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"Intellectual work is a form of spiritual practice for those committed to truth."
Edward Said
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"Faith is not belief in the impossible but commitment to possibility."
Gilles Deleuze
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"Faith is commitment without guarantees."
Gilles Deleuze
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"Faith means believing against the evidence."
Slavoj Žižek
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"Faith without doubt is merely superstition."
Slavoj Žižek
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"Faith is the acceptance of what reason cannot explain."
Giorgio Agamben
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"The promise is what binds us to a future we cannot control."
Jacques Derrida
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"Faith is the belief in becoming, not in being"
Gilles Deleuze
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"The sacred is not something transcendent; it is the most immanent of human experiences."
Giorgio Agamben
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"Faith in progress is itself an obstacle to genuine progress."
Slavoj Žižek
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"The sacred cannot be separated from the secular; they are always entangled."
Jacques Derrida
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"Writing is an act of faith in the possibility of being understood."
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
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"The profane is simply the sacred that has lost its meaning."
Giorgio Agamben
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"The sacred and the profane are not opposites but inversions."
Giorgio Agamben
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"The promise is what binds us to a future we cannot know."
Jacques Derrida
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"The promise structures all meaning, even when impossible to keep."
Jacques Derrida
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"Religious traditions can contribute to public discourse without dominating it."
Jürgen Habermas
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"Post-secular societies must learn to accommodate religious and secular perspectives."
Jürgen Habermas
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"The sacred is what emerges when the profane is interrupted."
Giorgio Agamben
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"The profane is not the opposite of the sacred; it is the sacred in a different form."
Giorgio Agamben
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"The sacred emerges when we approach the limit of language."
Giorgio Agamben
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"Faith in progress is the opium of the modern age, far more effective than traditional religion."
Max Horkheimer
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"Civilization represses instinct, but administered civilization offers a false reconciliation."
Theodor Adorno