“For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.”
Faith means different things to different people — trust in God, trust in the process, trust in other human beings. These quotes explore belief in all its forms, from religious devotion to the secular kind of faith that gets you through Tuesday.
“Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.”
“For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.”
“The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.”
“You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.”
“A mission is a place where you ask nonbelievers to come and find faith and hope and feel love.”
“Fear clogs faith liberates.”
“There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.”
“Often, we are quick to find blame with others but yet are unable to give constructive responses. There seems to be a tendency to doubt almost everything. Do we not have faith in our own people's strengths and in our institutions? Can we afford distrust amongst ourselves?”
“Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.”
“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.”
“Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.”
“It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.”
“I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith.”
“Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?”
“An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.”
“It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”