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Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods
The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man read more
The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful must take himself perpetually unfaithful to all the continual, successive, indefatigable, renascent errors.
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and read more
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.
Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.
Mirror of constant faith, revered and mourn'd!
Mirror of constant faith, revered and mourn'd!
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, read more
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.