Quotes About Belief

Do you believe such people are happy in the other world, sir?  I'd give a great deal to know. I declined answering Mrs. Dean's question, which struck me as something heterodox.  She proceeded: Retracing the course of Catherine Linton, I fear we have no right to think she is; but we'll leave her with her Maker.

No! I tell you, I have such faith in Linton's love, that I believe I might kill him, and he wouldn't wish to retaliate.' I advised her to value him the more for his affection.

Because, in my heart, I'm convinced that I'm wrong.

Why do you want to convince me there's no happiness in the world?

sami ?ete mo?i, kao i ja, donijeti sud o svemu ili barem tako misliti, a to je isto.

and change the fiends to confident, innocent angels, suspecting and doubting nothing, and always seeing friends where they are not sure of foes. 

Empéñate en cambiar los demonios en ángeles confiados e inocentes, libres de la suspicacia y de la duda y viendo siempre amigos donde no están seguros de que hay enemigos.

Do you know where the wicked go after death? They go to hell, was my ready and orthodox answer . . . What must you do to avoid it? I deliberated a moment; my answer, when it did come was objectionable: I must keep in good health , and not die." (Jane Eyre)

I'm an angel! Goodbye! In this self-complacent conviction she departed.

Those who have not found the heaven below, will fail of it above.

I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Nor visited in Heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot, As if a chart were given.

We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.

Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies

I many times thought peace had come, When peace was far away; As wrecked men deem they sight the land At centre of the sea, And struggle slacker, but to prove, As hopelessly as I, How many the fictitious shores Before the harbor lie.

Where Thou art - that - is Home.

If you saw a bullet hit a Bird - and he told you he wasn't shot - you might weep at his courtesy, but you would certainly doubt his word - One drop more from the gash that stains your Daisy's bosom - then would you believe?

Summer-we all have seen- A few of us-believed- A few the more aspiring Unquestionably loves... .

Opinion is a flitting thing, but the truth outlasts the sun.

XXX. Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency!

I never saw a Moor - I never saw the Sea - Yet know I how the Heather looks And what a Billow be. I never spoke with God Nor visited in Heaven - Yet certain am I of the spot As if the Checks were given -

Dear Friend - You are like God. We pray to Him, & He answers No Then we pray to Him to rescind the No, & He don't answer at all ...

Opinion is a flitting thing. But truth outlasts the sun.

And then there is Darcy. She is a woman who believes that things should fall into her lap, and, consequently, they do. They always have. She wins because she expects to win. I do not expect what I want, so I dont. And I dont even try.

In short, I have no real faith in my own happiness. And then there is Darcy. She is a woman who believes that things should fall into her lap, and consequently, they do. They always have. She wins because ehse expects to win. I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.