Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

Quote by Edith Hamilton

Topics: Belief Quotes, Faith Quotes

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the...

Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the...

The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying...

The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying...

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of...

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of...

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of...

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of...

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to...

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to...

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain...

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain...

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

To set up what you like against what you dislike - this is the disease...

To set up what you like against what you dislike - this is the disease...

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is...

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is...