Quotes About Belief

vicdan insan?n içindeki tanr?d?r.

He doubted everything with an air of superiority--a great power in the eyes of the weak.

True or false, what is said about people often has as much bearing on their lives and especially on their destinies as what they do.

Police chiefs don't think a cat can possibly turn into a lion; and yet, it happens.

True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do

Afirmava que tinha 'um sistema'. No mais, um espertalhão. Um filósofo. Existe gente assim.

God was as visible in this affair as was Jean Valjean. God has his instruments. He makes use of the tool which he wills. He is not responsible to men.

plunged into chance,--that is to say, swallowed up in Providence

In this nineteenth century, the religious idea is undergoing a crisis. People are unlearning certain things, and they do well, provided that, while unlearning them they learn this: There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain

Najve?a sre?a života je ube?enje da smo voljeni zbog nas samih, ili još bolje, uprkos nas samih.

La dicha suprema de la vida es la convicción de que somos amados, amados por nosotros mismos; mejor dicho amados a pesar de nosotros;

Saint Augustine: 'Place your expectations in Him to whom there is no succession!

Through a religion you see the solar spectre of God, but not God.

Loving is half of believing.

A ventura suprema da vida é a convicção de que somos amados, mas amados por nós mesmos, ou, melhor ainda, amados a despeito de nós mesmos.

TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO DELIVER INTO A PERSON'S POWER

As realidades da alma não deixam de ser realidades por não serem visíveis e palpáveis.

Une foi ; c'est là pour l'homme le nécessaire. Malheur à qui ne croit rien !

believe, in St. Augustine,—'Place your hopes in the man from whom you do not inherit.

A faith; this is a necessity for man. Woe to him who believes nothing.

Zabluda je uobraziti da se sudbina može iscrpsti i da se može dodirnuti dno makar ?ega bilo.

And even to those who deny supernatural incarnations, what does the crucifix represent? The killing of a man of wisdom.

Como se vê, tal como acontece com os recém-chegados a uma religião, a sua conversão embriagava-o, precipitava-se na adesão e ia demasiado longe.

Desconfiemos. El pasado tiene un rostro : la superstición, y una máscara : la hipocresía. Denunciemos el rostro y arranquemos la máscara.