#faith

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#passion #reason #rebel

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#faith #mere #only #philosophy #possibilities

When God created the Earth, he had such a sick wicked sense of humor. He made everything that’s wrong feel really, really good. ↗

— Miranda Kenneally

#humor #faith

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. ↗

— Vannevar Bush

#his #learn #man #mission #privilege

Our nation has kept faith with its veterans. Funding for veterans healthcare and benefits is strong, and has increased more than 75 percent in the last decade. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#decade #faith #funding #healthcare #increased

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? ↗

— John Calvin

#convictions #faith #implicitly #merely #nothing

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others. ↗

— David Brainerd

#being #better #business #commands #desire

As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained in their practice, and were indulged not only with impunity, but authorized by the sanction of their laws. ↗

— David Brainerd

#articles #authorized #errors #established #extravagant

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#another man #her #husband #loves #man

I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world. ↗

— Gordon Brown

#attention #believe #capacity #commands #communicate