CURATED COLLECTION

Faith in Difficult Times

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

33 quotes found

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Though we suffer, a day of reckoning and justice will surely come.

—Te Kooti Arikirangi Te TūrukiProphet

Industrial Age ERA • Oceania

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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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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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Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

—Desmond TutuTheologian

Contemporary ERA • Southern Africa

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The path to Cold Mountain is difficult, but the rewards are beyond measure.

—Han ShanPoet

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

—Emperor Menelik IIEmperor

Industrial Age ERA • East Africa

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Patience is a great source of strength. It helps us face difficulties with calm and wisdom.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Late Modern ERA • East Asia

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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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On this land, there is what makes life worth living.

—Mahmoud DarwishPoet

Contemporary ERA • MENA

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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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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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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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Pain is not a curse; it is the path the spirit walks to reach the light.

—Mahadevi VarmaPoet & Writer

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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

—XuanzangScholar

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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