Quotes About Belief

Y por qué no, si al fin y al cabo la religión consiste en clavar obsesivamente la mirada en una imagen que está fuera de nuestro alcance.

Así pasa con la letra escrita: aunque nadie la lea, basta con que esté ahí para que gravite como ley de bendición o condena.

Once I'd confessed to my own mother that I thought God was a woman, because who but a woman would care so much about the oceans and the plants and the animals, who but a woman could build a whole world in seven days? " -Guardian

They think they're the only ones who understand the real truth about the world, and that it's everyone else who's been tricked. . . . The biggest problem we have is that people like to fool themselves into thinking that they could never be fooled.

Because we don't have your typical gaps around here. Not gaps made of rocks or mountains. We have gaps in the world. In the space of things. So many places to lose yourself, if you believe that they're there. You can slip into the gap and never find your way out. Or maybe you don't want to find your way out.

But wasn't that love? Seeing what no one else could? And yet if it wasn't enough for her that she was beautiful to him, if she couldn't believe him . . .

having once committed the sin of despair she was determined to believe in the blessing of life ('And when God walks beside you/You are not afraid . . .').

If a negative state is assumed in life, then you have to call attention to its absence.

La gente que llega tarde suele ser increíblemente optimista.

Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now.

Diseña un plan y reúne todo lo que necesitas, pero, hagas lo que hagas, nunca pienses que es imposible.

Never say God - and the Beatles - don't have great timing.

My biggest mistake is in believing there are limits to how bad it can get.

Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there.

What you did in the past is your business. Those were your choices—your mistakes—if you even believe they were mistakes. Stop caring what anyone thinks and live your life the way you want to live it.

Yes, she believed God loved her. But if this whole fiasco was His idea of love . . .

God had not turned a deaf ear. He had been waiting for her to listen, as He always did.

Lauraine Snelling

I understand Jesus perfectly," Mama tells me. "I just don't understand Christians, and I don't think he would either.

The Holy One. I have never stopped believing in him. I don't understand the idea that God wants to be worshipped one way alone, and when I feel overwhelmed by the immensity and beauty of his creation, I am glad my mother taught me to bless and praise him everywhere. My

Because you don't live in a book. Nobody does, silly. Things never happen the way they would in a book. There isn't foreshadowing.

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

You don;t believe me?" He sound wounded, like the thought of me not believing him makes him incredibly sad. "No." "Then come with me," he says. He unfolds his long legs and stands up. "To Cooley's. You'll see they just posted the schedule. If I'm lying, I'll buy you a chocolate shake." "And If you're not?" "Then I'll still buy you a chocolate shake." He grins at me.

You can do this. You are invincible; nothing can rattle you. You have nerves of steel; you are a confident, strong woman; you-