2a We Know Because we Trust

Even our knowledge rests upon faith. There is no knowledge without trust.

Before we can learn we have to trust our teachers. We must accept from them what we have no power to prove. And when we have come to the full strength of our reasoning powers, we find that all knowledge rests upon certain fundamental truths which no man can prove.

The assumption of Science and Philosophy are quite as great as the beliefs of religion. The things most assured begin by demanding our faith. The foundation of things demonstrated is in things not proven. Faith is the key to knowledge.

All our activities proceed upon a basis of faith. Commercial life could not live for an hour apart from trust. Destroy confidence, and trade is impossible. We buy and sell by faith.

And who can tell how large a part trust plays in our domestic and social life! All friendships are held by trust. Every home is built upon trust. Where there is no trust there is no home.

Suspicion, jealousy, distrust, these things turn homes into places of agony and torment. Hell is a place where there is no faith. That is the secret of its despair.

A Further Thought: