Faith Quotes

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

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"We are separated from God only by our refusal to remain silent."
Weil, Simone
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"The supernatural becomes natural when we stop resisting its presence."
Weil, Simone
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"To suffer consciously is to participate in the redemption of the world."
Weil, Simone
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"In silence, we learn the language God speaks."
Weil, Simone
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"Faith is not the absence of doubt, but the choice to believe despite uncertainty."
Moore, George Edward
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"Faith is the willingness to trust in something greater than ourselves."
Moore, George Edward
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"God is not an object of knowledge but the very structure of infinity."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"The star of redemption shines in the darkness of human existence, guiding us toward meaning."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Creation itself is a dialogue between God and the world, eternally unfolding."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"The Jewish tradition teaches that redemption is collective, not merely individual salvation."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"The divine speaks through the unexpected encounter with the stranger and the other."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"The redemptive act is not escape from the world but engagement with it."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Faith is certainty that meaning exists beyond rational proof."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"Faith emerges where rational certainty surrenders."
Blanchot, Maurice
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"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
Russell, Bertrand
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"Skepticism alone cannot build a civilization. Only faith and hope can do that."
Russell, Bertrand
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"God is unconscious."
Bataille, Georges
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"The sacred and the profane are inseparable."
Bataille, Georges
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"The sacred demands sacrifice."
Bataille, Georges
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"The sacred object is that which we cannot use."
Bataille, Georges
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"The eternal Thou can by its nature not be possessed."
Buber, Martin
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"The world is filled with the utterance of the divine name."
Buber, Martin
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"Present is the eternal instant in which God speaks to me."
Buber, Martin
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"The Thou meets me through grace; it cannot be found by seeking."
Buber, Martin
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"When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them."
Buber, Martin
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"Every man has in him a spark of the divine."
Buber, Martin
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"One cannot approach the divine by standing in the corner and waiting; one must search for it actively."
Buber, Martin
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"Sin is the loss of relation—the failure to encounter the Thou."
Buber, Martin
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"The moment of genuine meeting is always a moment of grace."
Buber, Martin
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"Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer."
Weil, Simone