#fait

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#double #him #like #may #most

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn' t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#discouraged #faith #get #hard #hard way

I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#examine #faith #find #fully #hard

We are insisting and we will continue to insist that this faith of the church must continue to be upheld come rain, come fire. That is our position. ↗

— Peter Akinola

#come #continue #faith #fire #insist

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#any #becomes #catholic #dogma #faith

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#above #bears #blazing #hope #passively

I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#anything #been #children #difficult #else

When I started this project, I was a young architect. I was very apprehensive about any changes to the design. Whether I wanted to or not, I learned that you can accept some changes to its form without compromising its intent. But it's a leap of faith that I didn't want to make initially - to put it mildly. ↗

— Michael Arad

#accept #any #apprehensive #architect #changes

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #christianity #christians #crusades #east

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#cause #creed #designated #desire #faith