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For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.

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Without risk faith is an impossibility.

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Faith is a marvel, and yet no human being is excluded from it; for that in which all human life is united is passion, and faith is a passion.

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Prayer does not change God but it changes him who prays.

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To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees and thanking him.

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Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

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Teach me O God not to torture myself not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection but rather teach me to breathe deeply in faith...more

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Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in everygeneration may not come that far, but none comes further.

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What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement.

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Sitting calmly on a ship in fair weather is not a metaphor for having faith; but when the ship has sprung a leak, then enthusiastically to keep the sh...more

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The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees b...more

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People try to persuade us that the objections against Christianity spring from doubt. That is a complete misunderstanding. The objections against Chri...more

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Shows itself in the notion that what may be objectively true may in the mouth of certain people become false.

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Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breath forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft wh...more

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The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, ...more