Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
-Erich Fromm
Quotations
Faith
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
-Thomas Paine
Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
-Seneca the Younger
It is easier to believe than to doubt.
-E. D. Martin
"The Meaning of a Liberal Education"
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
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
-George Bernard Shaw
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
-Voltaire
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
-Martin Luther King, Jr. "Martin Luther King. Jr"
Some things aren't meant to be known. Only believed.
-Mary E. Pearson
"The Adoration of Jenna Fox"
