Quote by Matthew Simpson
Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith

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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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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If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character. – Matthew Simpson

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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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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. – Erich Fromm

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Non-violence is the article of faith. – Mahatma Gandhi

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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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In Christ the original image of God is restored, by faith in this world and by sight in the world to come. – Walter Lang

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