Quote by Alan Watts
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you dont grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. – Alan Watts

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In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way. – Alan Watts

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And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. – Alan Watts

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In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. – Alan Watts

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Sometimes, as practice for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work. – Richard Eyre

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I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims. – Timothy Radcliffe

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The royals – all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles – have done outstanding work with the faith communities. – Jonathan Sacks

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