Faith Quotes

"At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded."

"All religious discourse is irreducibly metaphorical."

"The universe is a vast representamen, a great symbol of God's purpose."

"I do not believe in the popular religions at all."

"There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self."

"The moral equivalent of war is the only thing that will give force and meaning to religious emotion."

"Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible."

"The most immense code of laws and maxims we have ever known is the Bible."

"In its broadest and most human sense, religion is mankind's ultimate concern."

"Faith is a state of openness or trust."

"Faith is not the absence of reason, but the fulfillment of it."

"The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit."

"God is best understood as that upon which all else depends."

"Nature is a habit, and God is the ultimate habit."

"Those who cavalierly reject the Theory of Evolution, as though it were merely an ugly speculation of materialism, seem little to realize that in abandoning it they leave the doctrines of Creation and Providence without any support."

"Rational faith is the only safe guide."

"We never fully credit the power of a belief to alter our physical being until the time comes when we are forced to."

"The most characteristically spiritual of experiences are the most private and least transferable."

"The most immense human gift is the power to choose to believe."

"The question of religion is essentially a question of life and death."

"The life of the spirit cannot be reduced to mechanical or causal explanations."

"At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded."

"The first characteristic of a true religion is that its efficacy is universal."

"The true worship of humanity must replace the worship of God."

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

"Faith is the confidence in the unknown."

"The universe tends toward reasonableness."

"The weight of testimony is the foundation of belief."

"In the long run, truth cannot be defeated."

"The spiritual life of humanity unfolds through successive generations."