Quotes About Understanding

We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.

People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.

Faith is a higher faculty than reason.

Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.

Logic is the key to an all-inclusive spiritual well-being.

Faith comes from listening to the right stories.

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.

Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something. Only faith is sufficient.

If I want to understand the laws of physics I have to first believe what I read about physics. I have to have faith in what I read.

Faith is caught rather than taught.

Theology is faith seeking understanding, but understanding is more than theoretical. If we really grasp who and where we are as disciples, we should know how to live out our faith.

It was the schoolboy who said, ""Faith is believing what you know ain't so.""

A day of peace and sharing can lead to greater understanding and cooperation among political parties, faith groups, and people of different races and economic class.

Faith is not opposed to the mind. It's superior to the mind which is why the renewed mind enhances faith.

Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous.

We don't have faith in reason; we use reason because, unlike revelation, it produces results and understanding. Even discussing why we should use reason employs reason!

It does require maturity to realize that models are to be used, but not to be believed.

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

For the facts that make up the world need the non-factual as a vantage point from which to be perceived.

Faith of the bore: everything is worth saying.

Faith is the only thing that will ever close the gap between our theology and our reality.

Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.

Faith is the proper name of religious experience.

Devotion is diligence without assurance. Faith is a way of saying "Yes, I pre-accept the terms of the universe and I embrace in advance what I am presently incapable of understanding.