“Faith without reason leads to superstition. Reason without faith leads to cynicism.”
“Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.”
“Faith is a continuation of reason.”
“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.”
“Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.”
“All things are possible to him who believes.”
“Faith is not being sure where you’re going but going anyway.”
“Believe in something larger than yourself.”
“You shouldn’t fear a religious person.” (Ladies Home Journal, October 2003, p. 134)
“Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see.”
“There are no atheists in the foxholes.”
“Religion consists in the simple feeling of a relationship of dependence upon something above us and a desire to establish relations with this mysterious power.”
“Man … is a being born to believe.”
“Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws—a thing which can never be demonstrated.”
“Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.”
“You say, there is no religion now. ’Tis like saying, in rainy weather, there is no sun.”
“Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.”
“Faith does not contradict reason but transcends it.”
“I have been experimenting with myself and my friends by introducing religion into politics. Let me explain what I mean by religion… It is the permanent element in human nature which counts no cost too great in order to find full expression and which leaves the soul utterly restless until it has found itself, known its Maker and appreciated the true correspondence between the Maker and itself.”
“Faith is the function of the heart.”
“Spirituality is to religion as justice is to law.”
“America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders; but many of these have lost the founders concept and become secular institutions. Because of this attitude, secular education is stumbling and floundering.”
“That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.”
“Religion begins with a consciousness that something is asked of us.”
“Some things have to be believed to be seen.”
“It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.”
“Give us a religion that will help us to live—we can die without assistance.”
“True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.”
“It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read.”
“Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.”
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”
“Religion is a set of social and political institutions and spirituality is a private pursuit which may or may not take place in a church setting.”
“The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.”
“Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.”
“I believe in one God and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.”
“Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: Ye must have faith. It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with.”
“We are twice armed if we fight with faith.”
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
Santayana, George: “Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.”
“There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.”
“Faith is the subtle chain which binds us to the infinite.”
“When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.”
“Believing where we cannot prove.”
“’Tis not the dying for a faith that’s so hard, Master Harry—every man of every nation has done that—’tis the living up to it that’s difficult.”
“True religion [is] right belief and right feeling taking effect in right action. Without right action, right feeling and right belief have no virtue in them.”
“It was the schoolboy who said, ‘Faith is believing what you know ain’t so.’”
“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”
“Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other.”
“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.”
“Religion is… the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be.”
“Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.”