Quotes About Belief

And we refuse to surrender control because we deep down think we have to justify our existence rather than be justified by the free grace of God.

Death is not regarded as a natural affair by primitive man. Death is believed to be due to the intervention of some malevolent or at least not well disposed power. Normally it should not take place. So we have all through history crude explanations of death, as e.g., the influence of the serpent, the devil, sin.

No coração do puritanismo estava a crença de que a graça de Deus é a fonte de todo benefício humano e que não se pode adquiri-la por mérito humano.

Every child lives up to the expectation you have for him.

If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.

The only interesting thing about religion is how many people it's slaughtered.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.

Miracles can happen, even to those who are small, flammable, and dressed all in black.

Announcing your death should be like announcing that you are a lunar moth: It must be done quietly or it will not be believed.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.

They can teach you anything. That doesn't mean you learn it. It doesn't mean you believe it.

But like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

No reality has the power to dispel a dream" means that no matter what happens in the world, you can keep thinking about something, particularly if it's something you like.

As I'm sure you know, there are two types of "What?" in the world. The first type simply means "Excuse me, I didn't hear you. Could you please repeat yourself?" The second type is a little trickier. It means something more along the lines of "Excuse me, I did hear you, but I can't believe that's really what you meant.

No reality has the power to dispel a dream

As I'm sure you know, it is rarely a good idea to get into an automobile with somebody you haven't met before, particularly if that person believes in such nonsense as 'No news is good news.' But it is never a good idea to stand around a flat and empty landscape while the police are closing in to arrest you for a crime you have not committed.

So you're a real person! I always thought you were a legendary figure, like unicorns or Giuseppe Verdi.

My aunt always says that if you put your mind to it, you can do absolutely anything," Jake said. "Is that true?" "No," I said. "It's nonsense.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so

The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperon advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads.