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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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Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age. – 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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Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job thats paying you a fortune but its not whats in your heart. Risking things is one of the biggest fears we have. – John Tesh

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No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful. – Marquis de Sade

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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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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. – Thomas Aquinas

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