Faith Quotes

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

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"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The irony of the situation lies in how the greatest religious power proves to be the greatest barrier to faith."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"That is the beauty of prayer: it is the soul standing alone before God."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The absurd is that the eternal enters time; it is the contradiction that God entered history."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The individual stands before God absolutely alone, and no institution can mediate this relation."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"We are not saved by understanding God's nature but by committing ourselves to His will."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and the end of false security."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The leap of faith cannot be rationalized; it can only be made."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"God does not demand that we understand; He demands that we obey."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The present moment is the only place where God can truly be encountered."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The modern problem is not a lack of belief but a surfeit of easy beliefs."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Faith is the courage to believe when evidence is uncertain."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Faith is not the absence of doubt, but the presence of hope despite it."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"A miracle is the only thing I truly believe in anymore."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Faith is not certainty but the willingness to act despite doubt."
Henrik Ibsen
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"The soul is eternal and timeless."
Boris Pasternak
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"Faith is the substance of things hoped for."
Boris Pasternak
"Faith sustains us when reason alone cannot comfort."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Faith is not belief without evidence but trust despite uncertainty."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"In prayer, I find the peace that the world cannot provide."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I pray not for comfort, but for the strength to endure what must be endured."
Anna Akhmatova
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"One can be deeply religious without being Christian."
August Strindberg
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"Faith is not knowledge but the hope of knowledge."
August Strindberg
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"A man who has never doubted has never truly believed."
August Strindberg
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"Faith is the belief in things unseen but felt within the soul."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Faith is not blind belief, but vision with the eyes of the heart."
Selma Lagerlöf
"Faith is not certainty; it is trust in the face of uncertainty."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"Faith is not blind; it sees with eyes beyond sight."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Faith is the bridge between reason and the unknown."
Henrik Ibsen