Quotes About Belief

I seem to remember that Gandhi once said his commitment was to truth, not consistency.

You never know. In a world like this, you never know what's possible. So I figure, don't say it's possible, because you don't know. But, then again, don't say it's not possible. Because you don't know that, either.

people want you to do what they think

I seem to remember that Gandhi once said his commitment was to truth, not consistency." - Nathan

It's not your job to convince him. It's his job to believe it. This is his shortcoming, not yours. He needs to think well enough of himself to believe it. And that's always been a problem for him.

Without hesitation. Without creating a gap that doubt can wedge its way into, to create an even greater hesitation.

Gandhi once said his commitment was to truth, not consistency.

anybody can think the world is beautiful when it's all going their way. That's just like untested faith.

I learned a valuable lesson from that editorial experience, and it's served me well in just about every dealing I've had with editors since. If they say there's a problem, they're probably right. Believe them.

A beam of light sweeps down through the skylight in the roof and makes him look like the chosen one, which I often suspect he just might be. In that deep place where I believe almost nothing, I am tempted to believe that - a light, irritating tickle of belief.

The fact that you do something as a result of an old, deeply internalized experience doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing to do.

The way our subconscious tells us that if it never happened before, it never will. But if it happened, especially pretty recently, it tells us it's about to happen again.

The first fifteen miles are the hardest, because I think I can't walk this far.

What I think I should do is more important to me than what you think

In formal education, children are introduced to new ideas about God and must reconcile their image of God with what the teacher tells them about God. As we teach children, at home and in the church, we do not give them our understanding of God; rather, we guide them as they reshape their God in the light of what they learn from us and in their ever expanding life experiences.[19]

The incarnation affirms the importance of childhood.

Faith includes not only a center of value and an image of power but, thirdly, trust in and loyalty to a story that helps us make sense out of our world and experiences. This is what Fowler calls the shared master story.

To live and grow, faith needs religion. Children—and adolescents or adults with a newborn faith—must learn God's name and the stories of God's people.

Children form their image of God in the context of relating to their parents and other significant adults.

groups and classes for adults we often try to give them an understanding of the Christian faith by teaching the basic beliefs—the theological system—of our church. We lead them in discussing how Christians should respond to life situations and issues, but seldom do we tell them the faith story.

We need not fear that children with creative imaginations will make God into nothing more than their other fantasies. The unseen God is real to children.

religion, but not faith, can be taught. Faith must be inspired within a faith community.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

He sighed. 'Phrenology is where the size and shape of your skull determines whether you dunnit or not.