Sinclair Lewis (Harry Sinclair Lewis) Quotes
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I have faith in the jury system.
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I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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I had lost faith in biography.
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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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It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.
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When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.
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I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint - a settled sort of saint, not one who might have to suffer or die for her faith.
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The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.
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I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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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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When you use your faith, it gives you energy. It gives you the ability to be able to see beyond where you are right now and see into the future.
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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
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You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.
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Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.
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'Perhaps our reservoir of spiritual faith has run out.''Perhaps it should have run out a long time ago,' I said sternly. 'Superstition has taken a terrible toll on our species. Wars...pogroms...resistance to logic and science and medicine...not to mention gathering power in the hands of people like those who run the Pax.'
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The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other; and with them this conviction does not spring from that barren traditionary faith which seems to vegetate in the soul rather than to live.
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Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.
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We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God. So when we are in the mess, remember Jesus made it right. We got to hang on to that by faith.
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Good liars are skilled at reading others well, putting them at ease, managing their own emotions, and intuitively sensing how others perceive them.
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I think if you want to do something, then you should go all out completely and be fearless.
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Surrender is Beautiful. When we surrender Our Soul's beauty is reflected in Life's Stream.
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I have faith in Faith, I have reverence for all true Reverence.
