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Quote by Joseph Addison

“Faith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations.”

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Joseph Addison, born on May 1, 1672, and died on June 17, 1719, was an influential English essayist, dramatist, and poet. He is known for his elegant prose style and his co-authorship of the magazine 'The Spectator' with Richard Steele. more

“If we have no faith in ourselves and in the kind of future we can create together, we are fit only to follow, not to lead. Let us remember that the Bible contains two proverbs we cannot afford to forget. The first is ""Man does not live by bread alone"" and the second is ""Where there is no vision, the people perish.""”

People Ifs Men Firsts Kind Doe Two Together Remember Faith Forget Vision Fit Bread Live By

Author:Charles Luckman

“Faith, like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.”

Should Light Faith Sides Simple Warmth Beam Brethren Religious Love

Author:Martin Luther

“The errors of faith are better than the best thoughts of unbelief.”

Faith Errors Unbelief

Author:Thomas Russell

“Faith is indispensable, and the world at times does not seem to have quite enough of it. It can and has accomplished what seems to be the impossible. Wars have been started and men and nations lost for the lack of it. Faith starts from the individual and builds men and nations. America was built by and on the faith of our ancestors.”

Men World Doe Has Beens War Enough Seems America Faith Individual Lost Nations Impossible Built Accomplished Ancestor Indispensable

Author:Carl Sandburg

“Columbus found a world, and had no chart save one that Faith deciphered in the skies.”

World Faith Found Sky Columbus

Book:The Philosophy of Santayana

Source: The Philosophy of Santayana

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