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.

Faith is reason grown courageous.

Faith is reason grown courageous.

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

Yet I argue not
Again Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot
Of right or hope; read more

Yet I argue not
Again Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot
Of right or hope; but still bear up and steer
Right onward.

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.

Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.

There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious
faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? read more

There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious
faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If
not, have none of it.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to read more

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.