Faith Quotes

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

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"Faith is the substance of things hoped for; evidence of things not seen."
James, William
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"Faith is the highest passion in a human being."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but to change the nature of the one who prays."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"It is now my deliberate opinion that the religious life is the highest of all."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"God cannot be served except with a pure heart."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"The greatest achievement is to have a personal relationship with the Almighty."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"The conclusion of faith is always paradoxical to all human reason."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"The Christian must always be on his guard against heresy."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"We live in Christendom but not in Christianity."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Religion is the opium of the people"
Marx, Karl
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"Anyone to whom the New Testament is known to be a human production is done with Christianity"
Marx, Karl
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"The more of himself man attributes to God, the less he has left in himself"
Marx, Karl
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"The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God; it is by that we come to know ourselves"
Marx, Karl
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"The positive philosophy reconciles faith and reason by proper separation of domains."
Comte, Auguste
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"What we call conscience is refined human feeling instructed by rational understanding."
Comte, Auguste
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"The modern world requires a religion of humanity centered on reason and moral improvement."
Comte, Auguste
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"In any case, if the utility of religion lies in its psychological effects, we must take those effects as they are found."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Religion is the dream of the human mind, but even dreams are not without meaning."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"It is impossible to live without faith of some kind."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but to change the nature of the one who prays."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Faith is the highest passion in a human being."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"The more a man loves God, the greater the devotion, the less he is concerned with the praise and blame of men."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"A person cannot be a real Christian at leisure, in security and comfort."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"I am as a pen in God's hand, and he draws with it according to his purpose."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"A person cannot live by reason alone; he must be willing to leap."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Religion is nothing but a system of imposing on the credulous."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Religion is the opium of the people."
Marx, Karl
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"God, freedom, and immortality are the three central concepts that define human existence."
Kant, Immanuel
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"I have to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith."
Kant, Immanuel
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"I respect the religion of Jesus, but I cannot accept the theology of Christianity."
Kant, Immanuel