Quotes About Belief

Ever since Parsons had been a boy, however, the dark side of magic had captivated him. "I know that witchcraft is mostly nonsense, except where it is a blind," he wrote to Crowley in 1943, "but I am so nauseated by Christian and Theosophical guff about the 'good and the true' that I prefer the appearance of evil to that of good.

It is true that some have greater power of resistance than others, but everyone has the power to close his heart against doubt, against darkness, against unbelief, against anger, against hatred, against jealousy, against malice, against envy. God has given this power unto all of us, and we can gain still greater power by calling upon Him for that which we lack. If it were not so, how could we be condemned for giving way to wrong influences?

We may pass through the fiery furnace, we may pass through deep waters, but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from these trials and difficulties better and purer for them if we only trust in God.

La verdadera fe en Jesucristo es aceptarlo como Salvador, Sustituto, Garante y Señor. Es escoger su modo de vida. Es confiar en él y procurar vivir por fe conforme a sus mandamientos.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. . . . A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

The Lord of Light wants his enemies burnt. The Drowned God wants his enemies drowned. Why are all the gods such vicious cunts? Where is the god of tits and wine?

It can never happen!"—as well say, "Because I have never broken my leg, my leg is unbreakable," or "Because I've never died, I am immortal.

It has never happened!" cannot be construed to mean, "It can never happen!"—as

There is only one god and his name is death. And there is only one thing we say to death: not today.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to Middle-earth.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

George R.R. Martin

Foolish woman, will holding it secret in your heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it become only a dream, less than a dream, a nightmare half-remembered? Oh, if only the gods would be so good.

You lie," he said. "All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it … though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces.

Power resides where men believe it resides. A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.

a man who hates music can't be trusted, I always say.

Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid." "What do you think?" his father asked. Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him.

Melisandre: I pray for a glimpse of Azor Ahai, and R'hllor shows me only snow.

If I could pray with my cock, I'd be much more religious

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish.

A man agrees with god as a raindrop agrees with the storm

When I was a boy, I dreamt that I could fly, he announces. When I woke, I couldn't... or so the maester said. But what if he lied? What do you mean? Perhaps we can fly. All of us. How will we ever know unless we leap from some tall tower? No man ever truly knows what he can do unless he dares to leap. There is the window. Leap. What do you want? The world.