For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself
A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it.
The danger of loss of faith in God is not that one will believe in nothing, but rather that one will believe in anything.
When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn't a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self. I had faith that I'm capable enough to handle any situation. There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and [that] I'm responsible.
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.
Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith.
Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.
It isn't fair how I doubt him, and I wonder if he'll ever gather that my loss of faith extends further than I'd ever known it would, severing lines of trust and leveling my confidence like a city-flattening tornado.
If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.
It is a mysterious thing, the loss of faith—as mysterious as faith itself.
The most encouraging trend of our time is the widespread loss of faith in government. No longer do people look to the government as the great problem solver, economic planner, social unifier, or cultural czar. The government is more likely to be seen for what it is, a haven for grafters, liars, and would-be tyrants. Americans, like the Russians, no longer believe anything until it is officially denied.
Whoever we may be, whatever our immediate interest, however much we carry baggage from our past, however much we have been caught by the fashion of cynicism and loss of faith in the capacity of the people, let us err today and say - nothing can stop us now!
Perhaps this is an area where every generation starts from scratch. Although the crisis of the First World War inaugurated an especially strong period of disillusion with regard to the optimism of the previous age, the pattern has repeated itself in many ways in more recent times, e.g., the loss of faith in politics as a means of advancing human well-being. And perhaps this also has to do with basic elements in growing up.
A great storm puts out a little fire but feeds a strong one. Trials conquer weak faith but grow a strong faith.
As you consider your own life, are there things that you need to change? Have you made mistakes that still need to be corrected? If you are suffering from feelings of guilt or remorse, bitterness or anger, or loss of faith, I invite you to seek relief. Repent and forsake your sins. Then, in prayer, ask God for forgiveness. Seek forgiveness from those you have wronged. Forgive those who have wronged you. Forgive yourself.
I do not see why the loss of faith in the known image and symbol in our time should be celebrated as a freedom. It is a loss from which we suffer, and this pathos motivates modern painting and poetry at its heart.
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