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
"I believe that conscience is the most important tool we have."Wangari Maathai
"I believe that spirituality and environmentalism are deeply connected."Wangari Maathai
"To conserve is to act with faith that the future generations will understand and thank us."Aldo Leopold
"Faith is the belief in what cannot be proven."Giorgio Agamben
"The sacred hides in the profane."Giorgio Agamben
"Faith requires the suspension of reason."Giorgio Agamben
"Intellectual work is a form of spiritual practice for those committed to truth."Edward Said
"Faith is not belief in the impossible but commitment to possibility."Gilles Deleuze
"Faith is commitment without guarantees."Gilles Deleuze
"Faith means believing against the evidence."Slavoj Žižek
"Faith without doubt is merely superstition."Slavoj Žižek
"Faith is the acceptance of what reason cannot explain."Giorgio Agamben
"The promise is what binds us to a future we cannot control."Jacques Derrida
"Faith is the belief in becoming, not in being"Gilles Deleuze
"The sacred is not something transcendent; it is the most immanent of human experiences."Giorgio Agamben
"Faith in progress is itself an obstacle to genuine progress."Slavoj Žižek
"The sacred cannot be separated from the secular; they are always entangled."Jacques Derrida
"Writing is an act of faith in the possibility of being understood."Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
"The profane is simply the sacred that has lost its meaning."Giorgio Agamben
"The sacred and the profane are not opposites but inversions."Giorgio Agamben
"The promise is what binds us to a future we cannot know."Jacques Derrida
"The promise structures all meaning, even when impossible to keep."Jacques Derrida
"Religious traditions can contribute to public discourse without dominating it."Jürgen Habermas
"Post-secular societies must learn to accommodate religious and secular perspectives."Jürgen Habermas
"The sacred is what emerges when the profane is interrupted."Giorgio Agamben
"The profane is not the opposite of the sacred; it is the sacred in a different form."Giorgio Agamben
"The sacred emerges when we approach the limit of language."Giorgio Agamben
"Faith in progress is the opium of the modern age, far more effective than traditional religion."Max Horkheimer
"Civilization represses instinct, but administered civilization offers a false reconciliation."Theodor Adorno