Thomas S. Monson Quotes

I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.

There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being.

The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping heart needs none.

Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.

Fear and faith have something in common. They both ask us to believe in something we cannot see.

I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

Faith is Doubt.

To fear and not be afraid- that is the paradox of faith.

Faith is something that's - it's hard to articulate. It's - there's - it's not based on logic.

Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.

Doubt springs from the mind; faith is the daughter of the soul.

Faith is a principle which hath its root deeper feeling. We believe, whether we see or not.

Religions do not teach doubt.

FAITH receives more than it asks. DOUBT loses more than it disbelieved.

Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.

Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.

Faith doesn't wait until it understands; in that case it wouldn't be faith.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead?

Without sounding overly pompous about it, I don't really trust certainty in anything, actually. Especially as I get older. Except love. I'm certain of love, I guess.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.