Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom.

Tariq Ramadan

The great majority of Americans do not know much about Islam but nonetheless fear it as violent, expansionist and alien to their society. The problem to overcome is not hatred, but ignorance.

Tariq Ramadan

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?

Christopher Hampton

All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.

F. Sionil Jose

There is far more misunderstanding of Islam than there is, I think, of the other religions of the world. So many things are said of it by those who do not belong to that faith.

Annie Besant

I often think that woman is more free in Islam than in Christianity. Woman is more protected by Islam than by the faith which preaches monogamy.

Annie Besant

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

Augustus Hare

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

Alan Watts

And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.

Bear Grylls

I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction.

Connie Willis

That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

Dan Brown

My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.

David Knopfler

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.

Ellen G. White

In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.

George Gurdjieff

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

Havelock Ellis

If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.

Imre Lakatos

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

Josh Billings

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually.

Joyce Meyer

Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet.

Joanna Russ

I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey.

Joanna Trollope

It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free pardon, as given us through faith in Jesus Christ.

John Wycliffe