"Our faith comes in moments . . . yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences."
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". . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life."
"It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him, gives me a sort of right to do so."
"It is faith that makes a lion of a man."
"Losing faith in one's self means losing faith in God."
"We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute."
"Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need."
"If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end."
"All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. The man strongly possessed of an idea is the master of all who are uncertain or wavering. Clear, deep, living convictions rule the world."
"Orthodoxy is the ability to say two and two make five when faith requires it."
"When my reason is afloat, my faith cannot long remain in suspense, and I believe in God as firmly as in any other truth whatever; in short, a thousand motives draw me to the consolatory side, and add the weight of hope to the equilibrium of reason."
"I wish for you a life of wealth, health and happiness; a life in which you give to yourself the gift of patience, the virtue of reason, the value of knowledge, and the influence of faith in your own ability to dream about and achieve worthy rewards."
"As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else."
"If I ever become a Saint - I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from heaven - to light the light of those in darkness on earth."
"Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us."
"Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true."
"Who so loves believes the impossible."
"If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it."
"If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?"
"Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them."