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Quotes About Understanding

Faith is believing things you know aint true
~ Mark Twain
My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith.
~ Pope Francis
It's important to note that Jesus and Christ are two different faith affirmations. Hardly any Christians have been taught that - they think "Christ" is Jesus's last name.
~ Richard Rohr
Faith is not jumping to conclusions. It is concluding to jump.
~ W. T. Purkiser
Faith isn't blind, it's visionary
~ Marianne Williamson
Faith doesn't begin until reason stops.
~ Jean-Claude Carrière
Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer.
~ John Locke
Faith in people is an a priori requirement for dialogue.
~ Paulo Freire
The only way faith can be relevant is by preparing the mind to receive it.
~ Marshall Sylver
The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.
~ C. S. Lewis
How can I even secretly harbour the thought that my neighbour's faith is inferior to mine?
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Faith is the sight of the inward eye.
~ Alexander MacLaren
Things I don't understand don't destroy my faith in the things I do understand.
~ Richard L. Evans
Those of different faiths and no faith should seek areas of common agreement based on their different perspectives.
~ Stephen Harper
Understanding is the reward of faith.
~ Saint Augustine
Bible revelations are not against reason but above reason, for the uses of faith, mans highest faculty.
~ Edward McKendree Bounds
Faith in Christ is not an exercise of the understanding merely; it is an affection of the heart. "With the heart man believeth." To those who believe Christ is precious.
~ Gardiner Spring
Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.
~ Elie Wiesel
Faith is the summit of the Torah.
~ Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.
~ Therese of Lisieux
The one who has real Faith doesn't need to believe.
~ Samael Aun Weor
There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another.
~ Libba Bray
The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. We should not characterize people of faith as the adversaries of GLBT equality.
~ George Takei