Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith:
Henceforth there read more

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:
and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his
appearing.

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe read more

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.

Faith is reason grown courageous.

Faith is reason grown courageous.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of read more

What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--
They sought a faith's pure shrine!

It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that read more

It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage read more

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded faith.

And we shall be made truly wise if we be content; content, too,
not only with what we can read more

And we shall be made truly wise if we be content; content, too,
not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do
not understand--the habit of mind which theologians call--and
rightly--faith in God.