To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.

To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They read more

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown read more

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.

The greatest act of faith is when man admits he is not god.

The greatest act of faith is when man admits he is not god.

We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried,
"Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"
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We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried,
"Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"
Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the blast!
What man can look on Death unterrified?

Some say there is no God
...that we are squatting tenants
in the hostile house of
an absent slumlord.

Some say there is no God
...that we are squatting tenants
in the hostile house of
an absent slumlord.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.