In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.
For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.
If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.
Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.
Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.
The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.
The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.
It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You, and keep doing what you love. Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.
The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith.
If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.
Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.
What I learned growing up on the farm was a way of life that was centered on hard work, and on faith and on thrift. Those values have stuck with me my whole life.
I don't think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesn't at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang.
I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.