Quotes About Belief

Y Dios? —preguntó—. ¿Crees en Dios? Ella lo sopesó largo rato. —La ciencia me dice que Dios existe. La mente, que nunca lo comprenderé. Y mi corazón, que está más allá de nuestros sentidos

has given me a deep respect for that which transcends human understanding. I've learned never to close my mind to an idea simply because it seems miraculous.

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Cuando la causa es sagrada, el perdón de Dios está garantizado"

Religion cannot claim morality as its own...

As are many equally improbable beliefs." Langdon often reminded his students that most modern religions included stories that did not hold up to scientific scrutiny: everything from Moses parting the Red Sea . . . to

We are creators, and yet we naively play the role of 'the created.' We see ourselves as helpless sheep buffeted around by the God who made us. We kneel like frightened children, begging for help, for forgiveness, for good luck. But once we realize that we are truly created in the Creator's image, we will start to understand that we, too, must be Creators. When we understand this fact, the doors will burst wide open for human potential.

Az elménk néha olyasmit láttat velünk, amit a szívünk igaznak szeretne hinni.

the human mind has the ability to elevate an obvious fiction to the status of a divine fact, and then feel emboldened to kill in its name.

God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is no

Would you rather live in a world without science...or in a world without religion?

As anyone who read religious history could attest nothing cemented people's belief faster than a human being dying for his cause. Christ on the cross. The Kedoshim of Judaism. The Shahid of Islam. Martyrdom is at the heart of all religion . - Robert Langdon

La práctica de «comerse a dios», es decir, la Sagrada Comunión, proviene en cambio de los aztecas. Ni

La foi nous rend responsable envers nous-même, envers les autres, envers une vérité supérieure.

CredinÈ›a ne impunem s? credem în ceva invizibil È™i inefabil, s? accept?m ca adev?r un lucru pentru care nu exist? dovezi empirice. ?i astfel, ajungem s? credem în lucruri diferite, deoarece nu exist? un adev?r universal.

For centuries, most of the devout had looked past vast amounts of scientific data and rational logic in defense of their faith.

Ce soart? va avea condiÈ›ia omeneasc? dac? marile mistere ale vieÈ›ii vor fi în sfârÈ™it elucidate? Ce se va întâmpla când acele convingeri pe care le accept?m exclusiv pe baza credinÈ›ei... vor fi dovedite categoric ca fiind reale? Sau, dimpotriv?, ca fiind doar un mit? Am putea spune c? unele întreb?ri ar fi mai bine s? r?mân? f?r? de r?spuns.

We should all do what so many churches already do - openly admit that Adam and Eve did not exist, that evolution is a fact, and that Christians who declare otherwise make us all look foolish. Langdon stopped short, staring at the old priest. Oh, please! Beña said, laughing. I don't believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect - - intended us to forgo their use?

Unfortunately, like so many divine quests, this crusade ended in crucifixion.

Always so reasonable. Langdon smiled, recalling how Edmond had once berated him in public for "knocking on wood" for luck. Robert, unless you're a closet Druid who still raps on trees to wake them up, please leave that ignorant superstition in the past where it belongs!

We should all do what so many churches already do—openly admit that Adam and Eve did not exist, that evolution is a fact, and that Christians who declare otherwise make us all look foolish.

Everyone respects those who live by a code . - Luis Avila

Mr. Langdon, I did not ask if you believe what man says about God. I asked if you believed in God. There is a difference. Holy scripture is stories . . . legends and history of man's quest to understand his own need for meaning. I am not asking you to pass judgment on literature. I am asking if you believe in God. When you lie out under the stars, do you sense the divine? Do you feel in your gut that you are staring up at the work of God's hand?

When the ancients experienced gaps in their understanding of the world around them, they filled those gaps with God.