Quotes About Belief

Let all things be loved for the sake of Jesus, but Jesus for His own sake.

We must not trust every word of others or feeling within ourselves, but cautiously and patiently try the matter, whether it be of God.

Unhappily we are so weak that we find it easier to believe and speak evil of others, rather than good.

Satan leaves unbelievers and sinners alone because he already has them in his grip; he goes after believers who are faithful and devout.

But patiently they bore themselves in all, and trusted in God more than in themselves, knowing that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.(2)

No se turbe, pues, ni tema tu corazón. Cree en Mí, y ten confianza en mi misericordia. Cuando piensas que estás lejos de Mí, estoy más cerca de ti regularmente. C1uando piensas que está todo casi perdido, entonces muchas veces está cerca la ganancia del merecer. No está todo perdido cuando alguna cosa te sucede contraria. No debes juzgar como sientes ahora, ni embarazarte ni acongojarte con cualquier contrariedad que te venga, como si no hubiese esperanza de remedio.

Whom shall I trust, O Lord, whom shall I trust but Thee? Thou art the Truth, and deceivest not, nor canst be deceived. And on the other hand, Every man is a liar,(3) weak, unstable and frail, especially in his words, so that one ought scarcely ever to believe what seemeth to sound right on the face of it.

Oh, how good and peacemaking a thing it is to be silent concerning others, and not carelessly to believe all reports, nor to hand them on further; how good also to lay one's self open to few, to seek ever to have Thee as the beholder of the heart; not to be carried about with every wind of words, but to desire that all things inward and outward be done according to the good pleasure of Thy will!

Vano es el que pone su esperanza en los hombres o en las criaturas

Were God Himself the sole and constant object of our desire, we should not be so easily distressed when our opinions are contradicted.

Religion is all bunk.

All Bibles are man-made.

When I hear someone touting the cloud as a magic-bullet for all computing problems, I silently replace "cloud" with "clown" and carry on with a zen-like smile.

To be little is not attributing to oneself the virtues that one practices, believing oneself capable of anything, but recognizing that God places this treasure in the hands of His little child to be used when necessary; but it remains always God's treasure.

Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.

Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful.

Miracles are signs not to them that believe, but to them that believe not.

For just as the first general precepts of the law of nature are self-evident to one in possession of natural reason, and have no need of promulgation, so also that of believing in God is primary and self-evident to one who has faith: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is.

The human race was in need of salvation because of the perversity of sin. For when people who are ill are cured from their illness, they are called "saved." Therefore, the Lord says: "Your faith has saved you."

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.