Comments on: Faith, Patience, and Your Moment in the Sun

By: leo

leo — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:40:49 +0000

Patience indeed is a vital element for anyone who wants to have a “moment in the sun” (I like the way you worded it by the way). We live in a very fast paced world wherein many people try to look for shortcuts to success and quest for meaning. Sometimes the best things happen when you wait and take things as they come. Sounds simple but very hard to apply in our daily lives.
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By: Lisis

Lisis — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:51:23 +0000

Hey, Boris! That’s an interesting take on Voltaire’s quote. I’ve always taken it to mean that it is “beyond the power of reason” because we can’t see or explain or fully understand something… we just KNOW it (in our hearts, if not our minds).

I didn’t take it to mean, “It’s not reasonable, but I’ll do it anyway.” It would be interesting to read it NOT in translation (except I don’t speak French) to get a better feel for what he meant.

Either way, it comes down to that confidence of KNOWING something with certainty, no matter what.

By: Boris

Boris — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:36:10 +0000

Srinivas,
Interesting post! However,I don’t think we need the faith as Voltarie defined it: “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe”…
Most people tend to have faith in that way: ‘I have faith that I will succeed’ would be “translated” as per that definition as: “To succeed is beyond the power of reason to believe, but anyway, I will believe that I will succeed”
I prefer to have confidence: Once you experience by yourself what a right attitude may bring you, then, you will KNOW that you can expect reasonably certain results… This is not a blind and desperate faith, but a confidence obtained by trials and errors, by practice and continuous and conscious action.
All the best!
Boris