Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
Interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the term is not possible without putting one's own faith into parentheses.
Quotes to Explore
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Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of religion, faith, tradition - and even God - have consistently been proven wrong.
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I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.
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Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
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Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak.
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Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.
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I have faith in my imperfections!
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Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
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It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.
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We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
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Repeating is harder than anything else.
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I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
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I do think faith is important when it introduces positivity into your life and you see it with love in your heart because there's so many people who unfortunately use faith for detrimental things or to justify detrimental actions.
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Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
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The work of art is, after all, an act of faith in our ability to communicate symbolically.
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Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.
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Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be obtained in exchange for a given quantity of the other.
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School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.
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Interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the term is not possible without putting one's own faith into parentheses.
