Faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is light by day and right mindfulness is protection by night.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Quotations
Faith
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
-Thomas Paine
The faith of every man, O Arjuna, accords with his nature, Man is made up of faith; as is his faith, so is he. The threefold austerity practiced with faith by men of balanced mind, without any expectation of reward, is said to be pure.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwad Gita 17.3"
Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.
-Shannon L. Alder
You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the other hand, you trust yourself to the water and let go, you will float, find this exactly the situation of faith.
-Alan Watts
Faith is composed of the heart’s intention. Light comes through faith… O Faith, give us faith!
-Vedas "Rig Veda"
An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.
-Robert Brault
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
-Swami Vivekananda
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
-Benjamin Franklin
