Quotes About Belief

El hecho de escoger la duda como filosofía de vida es como elegir la inmovilidad como forma de transporte.

Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.

Kita tentunya juga diperbolehkan merasa ragu. Tapi kita mesti jalan terus. Memilih keraguan sebagai falsafah hidup sama halnya memilih kemandekan sebagai sarana transportasi.

It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them—and then they leap.

If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on.

Ha mi, állampolgárok nem támogatjuk m?vészeinket, akkor feláldozzuk képzeletünket a durva valóság oltárán, s végül már nem hiszünk semmiben, és értéktelen álmokat álmodunk.

If we citizens do not support our artists then we sacrifice our immagination on the altar of cruel reality & we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams. (ppXII)

Now he realized that this matter of faith was either radically to be taken seriously or radically not to be taken seriously.

The holy word is story, and story is the holy word.

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love—but sometimes it was so hard to love.

This was all a bit much for me. The tone was right—loving and brave—but the details seemed bleak. I said nothing. It wasn't for fear of angering Mr. Kumar. I was more afraid that in a few words thrown out he might destroy something that I loved. What if his words had the effect of polio on me? What a terrible disease that must be if it could kill God in a man.

I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen every day. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.

So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with animals of the story without animals?

Religion?" Mr. Kumar grinned broadly. "I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.

Surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while.

That is Christianity at heart: a single miracle surrounded and sustained by stories, like an island surrounded by the sea.

Scegliere il dubbio come filosofia di vita equivale ad eleggere l'immobilità a proprio mezzo di trasporto.

I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things a meaningful shape.

But religion is more than rite and ritual. There is what the rite and ritual stand for.

I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.

He smiled. "You already are, Piscine—in your heart. Whoever meets Christ in good faith is a Christian. Here in Munnar you met Christ.

If you take two steps towards God," he used to tell me, "God runs to you!

You already are, Piscine--in your heart. Whoever meets Christ in good faith is a Christian. Here in Munnar you met Christ.