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We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitud

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others. – Matthew Simpson

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Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others. – Matthew Simpson

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The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity. – Matthew Simpson

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If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses how wide is that we gain from other sources. – Matthew Simpson

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Worry is spiritual short sight. Its cure is intelligent faith. – Paul Brunton

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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. – Mahalia Jackson

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But I dont necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday. – Miley Cyrus

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It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice. – Cat Stevens

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