CURATED COLLECTION

Faith in Difficult Times

Faith is not believing in the absence of doubt — it is choosing to continue in spite of it.

38 quotes found

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I have walked on the shore that I know. I shall return.

—Kofi AwoonorPoet, Novelist & Diplomat

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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Through practice, we can change our minds and hearts. Transformation is always possible.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Late Modern ERA • East Asia

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Hold fast to the covenant of God and the land of your ancestors.

—Te Kooti Arikirangi Te TūrukiProphet

Industrial Age ERA • Oceania

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Patience obtains all things.

—Teresa of ÁvilaMystic & Reformer

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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We build our altars in strange places.

—Velma PollardPoet, Novelist & Scholar

Contemporary ERA • Caribbean

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I must seek the true law in the land of its origin.

—XuanzangScholar

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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The strength of the Giriama is in our unity, our dances, and our shared spirit.

—Mekatilili wa MenzaActivist

Early Modern ERA • East Africa

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True patience is not waiting idly, but striving with hope and trust in God.

—Aisha al-BaunniyyaPoet, Scholar & Author

Medieval ERA • MENA

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True freedom is not outer liberty, but the inner freedom of the spirit.

—Victoria OcampoWriter & Intellectual

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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He who reigns within himself, rules passions, desires, fears, is more than a king.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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I tell people, you have to work hard. Keep going, and God will bless you.

—DavidoScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Even in the darkest cell, hope is a light that can never be extinguished.

—Armando ValladaresPoet

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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All the world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be afraid.

—Nachman of BreslovMystic

Industrial Age ERA • Eastern Europe

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Ethiopia has need of no one. She stretches her hands to God.

—Emperor Menelik IIEmperor

Industrial Age ERA • East Africa

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It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.

—Nachman of BreslovMystic

Industrial Age ERA • Eastern Europe

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The whole world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be afraid at all.

—Nachman of BreslovMystic

Enlightenment ERA • Eastern Europe

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How often have I seen a soul torn by passions, yet you remain firm!

—Al-BusiriPoet & Prophet

Medieval ERA • North Africa

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We are the inheritors of a great legacy, a spirit that cannot die.

—Patricia GraceAuthor

Late Modern ERA • Oceania

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The path to enlightenment is long and arduous, yet deeply rewarding.

—XuanzangScholar

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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