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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.
Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his read more
Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in read more
If he were
To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him.
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.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, read more
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God.
Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God.
The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it read more
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of
his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come
to him, again and again, and when the hill stood still, he was
never a whit abashed, but said, "If the hill will not come to
Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill."
