Literary notes about FAITH (AI summary)
Throughout literary history, "faith" has been used as a multifaceted concept that ranges from its depiction as a vital, almost tangible substance anchoring hope and spiritual promise ([1], [2]) to a personal inner conviction that fuels individual destiny and courage ([3], [4]). In some texts, it serves as an unyielding moral and religious duty—demanding trust in the unseen and the transcendent ([5], [6], [7])—while in others it is critiqued or even satirized as a potentially blinding force that may override reason or lead to delusion ([8], [9]). Additionally, the term is employed to comment on societal and political structures, highlighting how collective faith can unify communities or be manipulated to consolidate power ([10], [11]). Thus, literature continually reshapes the notion of faith, presenting it as both a deeply personal guide and a broad cultural phenomenon.
- Now, faith is the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not. 11:2.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - From a child she made me feel that this was the position she expected me to fill; and her faith spurred me on and gave me the power to attain it.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - All this showed his judicious foresight, his faith in the future.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - And he said to them: Where is your faith?
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - I shall take the adventure, said Balin, that God will ordain me, but the sword ye shall not have at this time, by the faith of my body.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory - But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Beware lest in the end a narrow faith capture thee, a hard, rigorous delusion!
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - “Faith” means the will to avoid knowing what is true.
— from The Antichrist by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Oxford, in times not long past, had inclined to faith in divine right of kings.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - He enveloped in a blind and profound faith every one who had a function in the state, from the prime minister to the rural policeman.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo