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1		"In Buddhism, faith means confidence in our and others' abilities to wake up to our deepest capacity of loving and understanding." Living Buddha, Living Christ (Thich Nhat Hanh)

2		"In these times when outer conditions change so rapidly, put trust in the one thing that never changes: God's perfect spirit and love for us." Visions and Prophecies for a New Age (Mark A. Thurston, Ph.D.)

3		"That man who has seen through his understanding (which is the inner eye) what is hidden to external sight, and does not waver in this… - THIS is faith." Hildegard of Bingen, Mystical Writings (Fiona Bowie and Oliver Davies, editors)

4		"Faith is not made of notions and concepts. Right faith is nourished by your true understanding, not by the intellect but by your experience." Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers (Thich Nhat Hanh)

5		"Faith is an internal acknowledgment of truth." Emanuel Swedenborg A Compendium of the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (Samuel M. Warren, compiler)

6		"We have to have faith in our own abilities to take us to a place of safety for humanity and other sentient beings." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

7		"Trust IS within you whether or not you recognize it…and no matter how your mind questions, it rides securely in the great creativity of the soul." The 'Unknown' Reality (Jane Roberts)

8		"If you believe that the way Life is showing itself to you now is God, you will see it as God. If you do not believe that the way Life is showing itself to you now is God, you will not see it as God. Some say that seeing is believing, but I tell you that believing is seeing." Tomorrow's God, Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge (Neale Donald Walsch)

9		"Let us each examine our faith. If it is rooted in love, mercy, kindness, and compassion, we are on the right track." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

10		"Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty." Francois Mauriac (1885-1970), winner of Nobel Prize for Literature, 1952, 'God and Mammon' The Quotable Spirit (Peter Lorie and Manuela D Mascetti, editors)

11		"If man believes with sufficient vigour in the force that is creating him, he will soon find that, for all its terrifying uncertainty, the future provides him with a solid footing as he advances." Writings in Time of War (Pierre Teilhard deChardin)

12		"It is well to remember the words from Hebrews: 'Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.' When you are childlike in your faith, that faith will sustain you in your determination to find your freedom from the darkness that would hide your True Self." Understanding Yourself: A Spiritual Approach to Self-Discovery and Soul-Awareness (Mark L. and Elizabeth Clare Prophet)

13		"Science and technology could not exist unless we had faith in the reliability of the universe." The Perennial Philosophy (Aldous Huxley)

14		"The awakening of faith is neither an emotional conversion nor an intellectual assent to doctrine, but an awakening to Mind Itself." The Flame and the Light (Hugh I'anson Fausset)

15		"Love and faith are as much realities as artistic faculties, and need similar cultivation." R. H. Benson, 'Lord of the World' (20th century) The Book of Catholic Quotations (John Chapin, Editor)

16		"Trust in God's embrace." A Tree Full of Angels (Macrina Wiederkehr)

17		"Live in simple faith….just as this trusting cherry flowers, fades, and falls." Issa (1763-1827), Japanese poet, 'Japanese Haiku' The Choice Is Always Ours (Dorothy B. Phillips, Chief Editor)

18		"God's will embraces the totality of our development and faith. Trust and love are the keys that open us to the fullness of God's will for us." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

19		"The marvelous reveals itself in the mundane; in the garden, the park, the vacant lot, the desert. You see it in the sudden appearance of a cluster of fungus on a tree after a week of rain or at home dusting off furniture, revealing the surface underneath. To really see through, you must believe it is possible to do so and then simply do it! Before long, life becomes an experience of constant revelation." June Singer, 'Seeing Through the Visible World' As Above, So Below: Paths to Spiritual Renewal in Daily Life (Ronald S. Miller and the editors of New Age Journal)

20		"There is nothing that prevents us from having faith. For if we want it with all our heart, it will immediately become active in us, since it is God's gift to us and a pre-eminent characteristic of our nature." St. Symeon the New Theologian, 'On Faith' The Philokalia, volume 4 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos and St. Makarios)

21		"Faith is the opening of an inward eye, the eyes of the heart, to be filled with the presence of the Divine light." Thomas Merton, 'New Seeds of Contemplation' The Inner West, An Introduction to the Hidden Wisdom of the West (Jay Kinney, editor)

22		"Faith doesn't mean religious knowledge, nor do you find it within a church or a temple....Faith is that inner commitment to life that brings emotional balance to the person." Healing States (Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., and Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.)

23		"Since manking has existed, wherever life has been, there also has been the faith that gave the possibility of living. Faith is…that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live. If Man did not believe that he must live for something, he would not live at all." Leo Tolstoy Varieties of Religious Experience, The (William James)

24		"Faith is a quality inherent in our nature." St. Theodoros the Great Ascetic, 'A Century of Spiritual Texts' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

25		"Faith….does not depend upon a dogma or doctrine, it has its source within you. All work within you and by you requires this Faith, which is the non-reasoned certitude that the goal aimed at is real." Nature Word (R. A. Schwaller deLubicz)

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite