My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

Cousins frames reason and faith not as rivals but as mutually reinforcing faculties. “Reason” here suggests critical inquiry, evidence, and intellectual discipline; “faith” suggests trust in meaning, moral purpose, or transcendent value that cannot be fully proved. The claim that each “nourishes” the other implies a feedback loop: rational reflection can clarify and deepen what one believes, while faith can supply motivation, hope, and ethical orientation that sustain the pursuit of truth. The line also resists the modern cliché of an inevitable conflict between science and religion, proposing instead an integrated humanism in which skepticism and conviction, analysis and commitment, are healthiest when held in balance.