Faith Quotes

"Faith in humanity is justified by human capacity for transformation."

"Prejudice apart, the worditself, when used with strict chronological propriety, signifies the religious sentiment."

"The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by aid of Human Reason."

"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world."

"The basis of religious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man."

"Religion is the illusion that gives people false hope for happiness."

"Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived."

"As to what is called 'God,' that is a problem I have not examined since my attention was wholly occupied with human affairs."

"Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference."

"Superstition is the religion of feeble minds."

"Religion is the opium of the people."

"The death of God does not liberate us; rather, it multiplies the sites where new forms of authority emerge."

"The confession is the ritual through which society extracts truth from the subject, making power productive."

"A government that trusts its people is a government that will be trusted by its people."

"The sanctity of life in the womb can never be destroyed without a serious wound being inflicted on the moral consciousness of the people."

"The very foundation of theology is the character of God."

"The true foundation of all morality is faith."

"The greatest of all mysteries is the mystery of goodness."

"Human nature is fundamentally good, and that must be the basis of all our institutions."

"Fear is faith in reverse."

"Duty cannot exist without faith."

"Conviction is the conscience of the mind."

"Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference."

"Providence operates in the invisible world, and we who are, as it were, admitted behind the veil ought not to raise the curtain before others until we are well assured what we are to reveal to them."

"The trust is sacred. The moment you depart from the principles of faith, honour, and respect towards your sovereign and your country, that moment you lose all weight and influence."

"The fool has said in his heart there is no God; the knave says it with his mouth."

"Religion teaches the art of being satisfied with poverty."

"I wish it were possible to make men understand what absolute virtue demands."

"Faith sustains us through all trials."

"Faith provides moral guidance."