"Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite."

Faith, Act, Being, Infinite

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"The holy knowledge is the fear of God."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"We ought to walk in the bright light."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"The grace of prayer is an act of seeking to communicate with divine power."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"It does not matter how long it takes. God will fulfil the promises."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Was it a doubt - a fear - a wandering uncertainty seeking rest, but finding none - so tear-blinded were its eyes - Mr. Thornton, instead of being shocked, seemed to have through that very stage of thought himself, and could suggest where the exact ray of light was to be found, which should make the dark places plain. Man of action as he was, busy in the world's great battle, there was a deeper religion binding him to God in his heart, in spite of his strong willfulness, through all his mistakes, than Mr. Hale ever dreamed."

Elizabeth Gaskell, British Novelist

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"Human misery is too great for men to do without faith."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

Faith, Men, Misery

"Lament is a cry of belief in a good God, a God who has His ear to our hearts, a God who transfigures the ugly into beauty. Complaint is the bitter howl of unbelief in any benevolent God in this moment, a distrust in the love-beat of the Father's heart."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

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"You must know your part in the body of Christ and play it."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Faith, Body of Christ, Role, Responsibility

"God bless all people."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Faith, God, Bless, People, Love

"An encounter with God demands a response. An encounter with Satan demands your God's response."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone."

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"Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny."

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"He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being."

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"Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life."

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"Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves."

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"We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea."

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"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."

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"The holy knowledge is the fear of God."

"We ought to walk in the bright light."

"The grace of prayer is an act of seeking to communicate with divine power."

"It does not matter how long it takes. God will fulfil the promises."

"Human misery is too great for men to do without faith."

"Lament is a cry of belief in a good God, a God who has His ear to our hearts, a God who transfigures the ugly into beauty. Complaint is the bitter howl of unbelief in any benevolent God in this moment, a distrust in the love-beat of the Father's heart."

"You must know your part in the body of Christ and play it."

"God bless all people."

"An encounter with God demands a response. An encounter with Satan demands your God's response."

Explore more quotes by Paul Tillich

"Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone."

"Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny."

"He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being."

"Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life."

"Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves."

"We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea."

"Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith."

"Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free."

"Astonishment is the root of philosophy."

"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."