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" I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control. "

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" I tend to say faith is believing in life, and as I love life, I try to do the best with it, make it as serene and joyous as possible. "

Sandrine Bonnaire

" Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ. "

" Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only! "

Emily Dickinson

" The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality - it connects you to reality. "

" If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

" Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people. "

Thomas S. Monson

" In many ways, the young are more religiously minded than the older generations. I think it's the flip side of an age of individualism. Youngsters are not afraid to tell you what they think, to express their faith and be quite exuberant about it. "

Vincent Nichols

" Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us, is meant for everyone. It is our vocation to bring it to as many people as possible. "

" The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country. "

Randy Neugebauer

" We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured. "

" Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct. "

" It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove. "

" Large swathes of people losing faith in democracy is a dangerous thing. Conflict, desperation, totalitarianism are the products of that loss of faith. "

" I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman. "

Gordon B. Hinckley

" True faith is focused in and on the Lord Jesus Christ and always leads to action. "

David A. Bednar

" Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. "

" Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them. "

" To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. "

" I have the profoundest respect for people who behave in a generous way because of religion. But I come from a country where the misuse of religion has had catastrophic consequences. One must judge people not by what faith they proclaim but by what they do. "

" Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty. "

" Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. "

" Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God. "

" To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. "

" We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization. "

Daphne Guinness

" Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. "

" Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

" Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. "

William Shakespeare

" The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something. "

" Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest. "

Sarah Ban Breathnach

" My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. "