trust in the unknown Quotes

Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.

Faith builds, cynicism destroys.

Pray to your God, open your heart. Whatever you do, don't be afraid of the dark.

It's fascinating how all of us, everyday, rely - at some point, to some extent, for some reason - on faith in our life. Whether it's God or not, or "Please help me!"

Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.

Faith is a leap into the light, not a step into the darkness.

To fear and not be afraid- that is the paradox of faith.

Truth, covenants, and ordinances enable us to overcome fear and face the future with faith.

There was a sense of being taken on a journey by the grandmaster of the road trip. You feel this weird angel taking you somewhere. You don't know where, but you trust him.

Hope consists in asserting that there is at the heart of being, beyond all data, beyond all inventories and all calculations, a mysterious principle which is in connivance with me

Faith becomes a bridge between where I am and where I want to go- it is a substance.

Take a chance on faith - not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

Understanding is the wages of faith.

There is faith in every serious doubt, namely, the faith in the truth as such, even if the only truth we can express is our lack of truth.

Faith isn't an act of intelligence, it's an act of imagination.

Faith is a kind of immune system filtering out fears that otherwise would paralyze all activity.

Faith: The opposite of dogmatism.

Faith is the antidote for fear.

Without risk, faith is an impossibility.

Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.

All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a promise in their hearts that guided them toward the future without the need to know exactly what it would look like. Let's live with hope.

When I look around me, I can't help having faith.

Faith is a big thing we explore.

Faith is what is left after all your beliefs have been blown to hell.

No one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes, and yet people still go forward, because they have trust, because they have faith.