Quotes About Belief

Too much attention on problems kills our faith in possibilities.

If you must doubt something, doubt your limits!

Ask... seek... knock... and the dream shall be yours.

Many people — many nations — can find themselves holding, more or less wittingly, that 'every stranger is an enemy'. For the most part this conviction lies deep down like some latent infection; it betrays itself only in random, disconnected acts, and does not lie at the base of a system of reason.

Since it is difficult to distinguish true prophets from false, it is as well to regard all prophets with suspicion

Oggi, questo vero oggi in cui io sto seduto a un tavolo e scrivo, io stesso non sono convinto che queste cose sono realmente accadute.

Finally, and fundamentally, didn't he, who was honest and open, smell the foul odor of Fascist truths that were polluting the sky, didn't he find it disgraceful that a thinking man should be asked to believe without thinking? Didn't he feel disgust for all the dogmas, all the unproved declarations, all the imperatives

Neither in us nor, more generally, in our generation, whether we were "Aryans" or Jews, had the idea that one should and could resist fascism yet made much headway

e questa speranza faceva parte di una ben più grande speranza, quella in un mondo diritto e giusto, miracolosamente ristabilito sulle sue naturali fondamenta dopo una eternità di stravolgimenti, di errori e di stragi, dopo il tempo della nostra lunga pazienza. Era una speranza ingenua, come tutte quelle che riposano su tagli troppo netti fra il male e il bene, fra il passato e il futuro: ma noi ne vivevamo.

Los monstruos existen pero son demasiado pocos para ser realmente peligroso; más peligrosos son los hombres comunes, los funcionarios dispuestos a creer y obedecer sin discutir...

Si può credersi o dichiararsi angosciati per un motivo, ed esserlo per tutt'altro: credere di soffrire davanti al futuro, e soffrire invece per il proprio passato; credere di soffrire per gli altri, per pietà, per com-passione, e soffrire invece per motivi nostri, più o meno profondi, o meno confessabili e confessati; talvolta cosi profondi che solo lo specialista, l'analista delle anime, li sa disseppellire.

God's impressions within and His Word without are always corroborated by His providence around, and we should quietly wait until these three focus into one point. … If you do not know what you ought to do, stand still until you do.

Persistent, internal inklings matched by external confirmation is often the way God directs believers into His will.

The presence of passion, faith, and belief in our hearts is a gift. It's on loan to our souls.

You may not understand what all's happening in your life right now, but any possible explanation pales in comparison to what you do know because of your faith in God's goodness and assurance.

Restricting yourself in the truth of God's word actually releases you into a freedom you would not otherwise have.

Making sense of God's call is not a prerequisite for following it. His Word and His promises are enough.

If you have faith the size of the smallest seed, nothing will be impossible for you.

You and I are the mechanisms God has put in place to keep today's corrupting systems of thought from taking root and then taking effect in the hearts of our children.

Start each day and each decision with an immediate declaration of complete dependence on Him.

The Water is there. It is always there. Call them. Show them the way.

Never think that the circumstances in your life have nothing to do with God's will. They have everything to do with it!

Because you believed even though you did not see, you will now have the ability to see things that the others did not believe.

But whether or not God CHOOSES to do something is a question of His sovereignty, not His ability.