Public Republic

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen Keller (1880-1968), an American author, political activist and lecturer, the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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Miracles are not a contradiction of nature. They are only in contradiction of what we know of nature.
St. Augustine (354-430)

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Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Albert Einstein

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Faith is knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)

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Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

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One person with a belief is a social power equal to 99 who have only interests.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

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Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
Erich Fromm (1900-1980)

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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

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Doubt isn’t the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.
Paul Tillich (1886-1965), German theologian and historian

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