Fear and Hope
The Flowers Of Guidance Volume One Nine Instructive Steps to Gaining Knowledge Step 6: Religion and Knowledge
These people resort to clinging to fears and hope to retain their faith. They think the more the domain of these fears and hopes increase, the higher their stronghold to hold their religion. Because of ignorance, however, it has been seen in practical measures that even such strongholds are incapable of retaining their faith, as a man without knowledge, inadvertently, will soon lose his faith. As his surroundings and companions change, he will change as well.