Quotes About Belief

You should believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see.

Hunter would never have told her to come to him if he hadn't believed she could find him. Between her and Friend, they would make it. Loretta mounted up, no longer feeling so horribly alone. As crazy as it was, she felt as if Hunter rode beside her.

Make a story for me, yes? About my Loh-rhett-ah when she was small like Blackbird." She stared at him, clearly unable to believe he meant it. He forced a yawn, and from the look that crossed her small face, he knew he hadn't been very convincing. "You're not sleepy," she accused. " Ka , no," he admitted.

You will come to me. You will want my hand upon you. It will be so. The Great Ones have spoken it.

Looking skyward, he searched for Loretta's Great One, the Almighty Father to whom she gave thanks for her food. At first he had been disgruntled by her prayers. Her God didn't bring her the food; her husband did.

The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the latter, but our instincts believe the former; so that, out of this education, we retain the terror, and just believe enough to make it very troublesome whenever we are placed in circumstances that awaken it.

I'm willing to get you've given a good bit of your power away today to something you believe is outside of your control.

Everyone's scared. So scared they can't sleep sometimes. Or eat. Or keep their weight on." "Then why bother playing?" I asked. It was a whisper, this question. "Because. You love the game. You love the people you play with. You love winning, maybe. You love that one moment when you get it right . . . I dunno. Why do you play?" "Because," I whispered, "it's who I am." Sounds like a good reason to me.

The problem with a small town is that when you don't buy into the powers that be there are very few other choices. It's like a play where there is only a "virtuous" lead, a villain, and bit players. Better to be the villain because you're not duped into believing you're in more than a play, and at least your name goes on the program.

gave me a going-away present on behalf of Rochdale, a book by Paul Tillich called The Courage To Be. Bob wrote inside, Cathy, read this sometime in your life when you need "to be." He was right. Later in my life when I was at a low that book pulled me through.

The only thing I do know is that when your mother labels you negatively, you believe her—for who else forms your self-image?

Often people's worst pain is built on a false premise.

There must be a God because you are the Devil.

The search for God begins at the point of need.

Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing.

I'm all for Spencer. He's sincere, idealistic, and a good preacher. I just don't believe that social action is the main business of the Church." "Then what is?" "Salvation.

I can no longer pretend that I believe in God. It's highly possible that I lost this belief when I started having sexual relationships.

It is said that the future narrows once we cease to believe it is eternal...

Thoughts of your mind have made you what you are and thoughts of your mind will make you what you become from this day forward.

To use invisible ideas to produce visible results-from

As a man thinketh within himself, so is he (Prov. 23:7) And later the words of Job: Thou shalt decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee and light shall shine upon thy way. (Job 22:28) From the philosopher, James Allen, I learned: Through his thoughts, man holds the key to every situation and contains within himself that transforming and regenerative agency by which he may make himself what he wills.

limitation to abundance.

Vierte tus vivientes palabras de fe en el omnipotente éter y serás próspero aunque todos los bancos del mundo te cierren las puertas. Vuélvete a la gran energía de tu pensamiento sobre "ideas prósperas" y tendrás abundancia sin mirar lo que los hombres digan o hagan".

Vuélvete a la gran energía de tu pensamiento sobre "ideas prósperas" y tendrás abundancia sin mirar lo que los hombres digan o hagan".