Faith Quotes

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

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"The conscience is the voice of God within us."
Thomas Aquinas
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"To wish is to hope; to hope is to pray."
Seneca
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"Ask yourself, are you content that the universe has arranged things according to providence?"
Epictetus
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"We should set our hearts on immortality, not in the hope of prolonging this life but in the hope of securing the welfare of the soul."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Our heart is restless until it rests in You."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
Augustine of Hippo
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"You have made us for yourself, and our hearts remain restless until they rest in you."
Augustine of Hippo
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"There is no salvation outside the Church."
Augustine of Hippo
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"If you believe what you like in the gospels and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Faith is to believe what you have not yet seen."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Death is not an end, but a beginning."
Augustine of Hippo
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"To love God is to be transformed into His image."
Augustine of Hippo
"The human mind is divine."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."
Cicero
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"A man must find something to believe in, or his life will be meaningless."
Cicero
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"To interpret sacred texts literally is to do violence to both reason and spirituality."
Averroes
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"The conflict between reason and faith is often invented by those who understand neither."
Averroes
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"The harmony between the spiritual and the rational is not a paradox to be resolved, but a truth to be lived."
Averroes
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"A belief that cannot withstand questioning is not truly believed, but merely accepted out of convenience."
Averroes
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"The fear of eternal punishment corrupts the human spirit."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"We honor the gods not through fear, but through understanding."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The contemplation of divine things is the highest human activity."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The existence of God can be proven in five ways."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The object of faith is the first truth."
Thomas Aquinas
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"God is pure being, ipsum esse subsistens, the subsistent act of being itself."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Human reason can grasp certain truths about God but not God's essence."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Providence is God's loving care for all creation."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Our heart is restless until it rests in Thee."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The measure of your life will be measured by the faith you held dear."
Augustine of Hippo