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1		"And Jesus said, 'Faith is the power of God. All things are possible for him who in his heart believes." ch. 130, v. 10 Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (Leo W. Dowling)

2		"This indeed is faith – not a vague sentiment of the soul adhering to a doctrine without rational motivation, nor a mysticism without sure proofs, nor yet an intellectualist certainty imposed necessarily by the evidence of irresistible proofs – but an intellectual adherence to truths which are guaranteed in testimony worthy of credence and illustrated, once believed, in all the facts of the universe." Richard McKeon, introduction to St. Augustine Selections From Medieval Philosophers (Richard McKeon, editor and translator)

3		"Trust in God's embrace." A Tree Full of Angels (Macrina Wiederkehr)

4		"We are born with the seed of belief buried deep inside us. Over the years it may go through many different external forms, but it is profoundly personal and not consciously chosen. It is inseparable from our angel, the guiding presence that Heraclitus said is our character and Wordsworth pictures as a star." The Soul's Religion, Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life (Thomas Moore)

5		"In the material universe it is Spirit, and in Spirit it is the moral sphere, which are eminently the PRESENT centre in which life develops. It is into this flexible core of ourselves, accordingly, where divine grace mingles with the natural impulses of the Earth, that we have forcefully to direct the power of faith." Writings in Time of War (Pierre Teilhard deChardin)

6		"Faith is essential. But this is not an intellectual faith that consists in giving assent to creedal doctrines; it is an inner attitude; a committing ourselves to the inner way regardless of what comes, a determination to know the One who is at the center." The Kingdom Within, the Inner Meaning of Jesus' Sayings (John Sanford)

7		"Faith is the soul's witness to something not yet manifested, achieved or realised, but which yet the Knower within us, even in the absence of all indications, feels to be true or supremely worth following or achieving." A Greater Psychology, An Introduction to Sri Aurobindo's Psychological Thought (Sri Aurobindo, edited by A. S. Dalal)

8		"Always, beyond the darkness, God's greater plan is in motion. That is the truth you need to trust." Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul (Caroline Myss)

9		"Faith is the intuitive, unchallengeable, even if intellectually unexplainable, feeling-realization that the Ocean of Infinite Potentiality surounds us; we live, move and have our being in it." Occult Preparations for a New Age (Dane Rudhyar)

10		"Only a long and patient struggle can teach us the operative power of faith and show us what it can achieve." Writings in Time of War (Pierre Teilhard deChardin)

11		"Hope and faith are of the nature of love and expand the Soul." Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge (Zolar)

12		"Let us each examine our faith. If it is rooted in love, mercy, kindness, and compassion, we are on the right track." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

13		"Faith is a quality inherent in our nature." St. Theodoros the Great Ascetic, 'A Century of Spiritual Texts' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

14		"The years of spiritual life on earth are as certain moons following conception, during which the form of divine desire is developed within us; and in due season we shall issue forth to see with our own eyes that which all things now foreshadow, all faiths make evident." Lamps of Western Mysticism (Arthur Edward Waite)

15		"Faith is the opening of an inward eye, the eyes of the heart, to be filled with the presence of the Divine light." Thomas Merton, 'New Seeds of Contemplation' The Inner West, An Introduction to the Hidden Wisdom of the West (Jay Kinney, editor)

16		"I release into this universe my trust that my journey in life and all who walk my path with me are there by divine design." Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles (Caroline Myss)

17		"The marvelous reveals itself in the mundane; in the garden, the park, the vacant lot, the desert. You see it in the sudden appearance of a cluster of fungus on a tree after a week of rain or at home dusting off furniture, revealing the surface underneath. To really see through, you must believe it is possible to do so and then simply do it! Before long, life becomes an experience of constant revelation." June Singer, 'Seeing Through the Visible World' As Above, So Below: Paths to Spiritual Renewal in Daily Life (Ronald S. Miller and the editors of New Age Journal)

18		"He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery." Anne Frank (1929-1945), 'The Diary of a Young Girl', March 7, 1944 Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition (John Bartlett)

19		"Faith doesn't mean religious knowledge, nor do you find it within a church or a temple....Faith is that inner commitment to life that brings emotional balance to the person." Healing States (Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., and Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.)

20		"I love the universe that surrounds me too dearly not to have confidence in it." Science and Christ (Pierre Teilhard deChardin)

21		"Faith is an active force – not a passive one – an invisible power, like love." Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles (Caroline Myss)

22		"Live in simple faith….just as this trusting cherry flowers, fades, and falls." Issa (1763-1827), Japanese poet, 'Japanese Haiku' The Choice Is Always Ours (Dorothy B. Phillips, Chief Editor)

23		"Cultivate an unshakable trust in the good powers of existence." How To Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation (Rudolf Steiner)

24		"Cast all your cares upon the Lord, and he will direct them. Believe in God…because he can do all things." The Shepherd of Hermas, Vision IV, v. 21 The Lost Books of The Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden (various)

25		"Faith is not made of notions and concepts. Right faith is nourished by your true understanding, not by the intellect but by your experience." Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers (Thich Nhat Hanh)