“ You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. ”
Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Butler |
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| Source | The Note-Books of Samuel Butler |
| Topic | power faith ability |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6173/6173-h/6173-h.htm |
Context
“Nevertheless he will probably be able to do this too if he tries.
FAITH I The reason why the early Christians held faith in such account was because they felt it to be a feat of such superhuman difficulty. II You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. III We are all agreed that too much faith is as bad as too little, and too little as bad as too much; but we differ as to what is too much and what too little. IV It is because both Catholics and myself make faith, not reason, the basis of our system that I am able to be easy in mind about not becoming a Catholic.” source
FAITH I The reason why the early Christians held faith in such account was because they felt it to be a feat of such superhuman difficulty. II You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. III We are all agreed that too much faith is as bad as too little, and too little as bad as too much; but we differ as to what is too much and what too little. IV It is because both Catholics and myself make faith, not reason, the basis of our system that I am able to be easy in mind about not becoming a Catholic.” source
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