Quotes About Belief

Now they think you're mad; then they thought you were a witch. Cultural mores

I've yet to see the auld woman believes in witches, nor the young one, neither. It's men think there must be ill-wishes and magic in women

Some people can leave their bodies and travel miles away," she said, staring meditatively at the page. "Other people see them out wandering, and recognize them, and ye can bloody prove they were really tucked up safe in bed at the time. I've seen the records, all the eyewitness testimony. Some people have stigmata ye can see and touch—I've seen one. But not everybody. Only certain people." She

Faith is as powerful a force as science," he concluded, voice soft in the darkness, "—but far more dangerous.

knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary.

Nothing is lost, Sassenach; only changed. That's the first law of thermodynamics, I said, wiping my nose. No, he said. That's faith.

But you are not God, and there are limits to what you can expect of yourself.

Feelings aren't truth.

a well-expressed opinion is usually better than a badly expressed fact, so

The phrase "Blessed are those who have not seen but have believed" floated through his head. It was maybe not the believing that was the blessing; it was the not having to look. Seeing, sometimes, was bloody awful.

And that, ma chère madame, is all I can tell you—no more than I can tell any troubled soul who comes to me for advice: put your trust in God, and pray for guidance." He shoved the fresh pastry toward me. "But whatever you are to do, you will

Aye, I ken fine how strong women are," he said quietly. "And you're strong enough for what must be done, m' annsachd—believe me.

Well, I suppose men can make all the laws they like," he said, "but God made hope. The stars willna burn out.

But I do know. At the same Time, I cannot be sure how the Things that I know will come about. Am I meant to be in some Way Part of this? Should I hold back, will that somehow damage or prevent the Success of our Desires? I often wish I could discuss these Questions with your Husband, though Presbyterian that he is, I think he would find them even more unsettling than I do. And in the end, it does not matter. I am what God has made me, and must deal with the Times in which He has placed me.

people will treat with disdain such phenomena as are proved by the evidence of the senses, and commonly experienced—while they will defend to the death the reality of a phenomenon which they have neither seen nor experienced.

the power and the danger of magic lie in the people who believe it.

We believe the light of Christ is present in all men—though in some cases, perceiving it is somewhat difficult

people so often seemed not only willing but eager to believe the worst—and the worse, the better.

It wasn't that Friends thought that the Lord spoke only to them; it was only that they weren't sure other folk listened very often.

That is what God is for. Worry doesna help – prayer does. Sometimes,' he added honestly.

I knew an old lady in the Highlands once, who said the lines in your hand don't predict your life; they reflect it.

therefore you have little guidance other than your own conscience and the hand of God. I cannot tell you what you should do, or not do.

Ma chère, I serve a man who multiplied the loaves and fishes"—he smiled, nodding at the pool, where the swirls of the carps' feeding were still subsiding—"who healed the sick and raised the dead. Shall I be astonished that the master of eternity has brought a young woman through the stones of the earth to do His will?

Okay. This has to be a credible threat. Ergo, we have to have seen (and heard about) the real damage Randall has done to Jamie thus far; we have to be in no doubt whatever that he'd do real damage to Claire. We can't just say, "Oh, he's such a nasty person, you wouldn't believe…" We have to believe, and therefore appreciate, just what Jamie is doing when he trades what's left of his life for Claire's.