Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.