#fait

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. ↗

I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary. ↗

— Barney Frank

#any #binds #called #concept #contrary

exemplar, n. It's always something we have to negotiate- the face that my parents are happy, and yours have never been. I have something to live up to, and if I fail, I still have a family to welcome me home. You have a storyline to rewrite, and a lack of faith that it can ever be done. You love my parents, I know. But you never get too close. You never truly believe there aren't bad secrets underneath. ↗

— David Levithan

#love #parents #relationships #faith

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#dog #faithful #friends #money #old

And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#copies #copy #faithfully #going #hung

Since the model he so faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture... it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#copies #copy #faithfully #going #hung

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith. ↗

— Christopher Fry

#despair #escape #faith #into #narrow

Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#faith #faithful #himself #only #others

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. ↗

— Robert Frost

#boss #day #eight #eventually #faithfully

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith. ↗