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I wanted to become the seeker, the aroused and passionate explorer, and it was better to go at it knowing nothing at all, always choosing the unmarked bottle, always choosing your own unproven method, armed with nothing but faith and a belief in astonishment. ↗

— Pat Conroy

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So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said Are you going to tell me? "Yes.Ready?" Ready. "Be satisfied." That's it? "Be greatful." That's it? "For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you." That's it? He looked me in the eye.Then he sighed deeply. "That's it. ↗

— Mitch Albom

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With time and perspective we recognize that such problems in life do come for a purpose, if only to allow the one who faces such despair to be convinced that he really does need divine strength beyond himself, that she really does need the offer of heaven’s hand. Those who feel no need for mercy usually never seek it and almost never bestow it. Those who have never had a heartache or a weakness or felt lonely or forsaken never have had to cry unto heaven for relief of such personal pain. Surely it is better to find the goodness of God and the grace of Christ, even at the price of despair, than to risk living our lives in a moral or material complacency that has never felt any need for faith or forgiveness, any need for redemption or relief. ↗

— Jeffery R. Holland

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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words-these alone are without effect. ↗

— 'Abdu'l-Bahá

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[Martin Luther King] said that little black boys and little black girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls as sisters and brothers. Then he reminded both those spectators before him and all Americans that this hope of his, this faith, was rooted in the promise of America. ↗

— Keith Ellison

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The Lord never asks that we carry ourselves to the end, but that we exert faith enough to let Him lift us upon His shoulders to carry us over those treacherous paths. ↗

— N.T.

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Remember to have a little faith. When you die, I believe, God isn't going to ask you what you published. God's going to ask you what you wrote. ↗

— T.M. McNally

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Joel Osteen Ministries God never said that we wouldn’t have unfair situations, that we wouldn’t experience loss. But He promised if we would stay in faith, He would restore everything that was stolen ↗

— Joel Osteen

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You develop faith by doing things that require faith. ↗

— John H. Groberg

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