Quotes About Belief

God is not creative, for God is not. But God as made by man reflects what man is, unbeknownst to himself. God is said to have made the world of concern to us out of nothing; so man makes something, God, out of nothing. The faith in God and the belief in miracles are closer to the truth than any scientific explanation, which has to overlook or explain away the creative in man.

Tocqueville did not believe that the old writers were perfect, but he believed that they could best make us aware of our imperfections, which is what counts.

Commitment is the equivalent of faith when the living God has been supplanted by self-provided values. It is Pascals wager, no longer on Gods existence but on ones capacity to believe in oneself and the goals one has set for oneself.

Honesty compels serious men, on examination of their consciences, to admit that the old faith is no longer compelling. It is the very peak of Christian virtue that demands the sacrifice of Christianity.

It is easy today to deny Gods creativity as a thing of the benighted past, overcome by science, but mans creativity, a thing much more improbable and nothing but an imitation of Gods, exercises a strange attraction.

The Bible is not the only means to furnish a mind, but without a book of similar gravity, read with the gravity of the potential believer, it will remain unfurnished.

Men should not trust in God as if God did all, and yet labor earnestly as is he himself did all.

Toda crença é respeitável, quando sincera e conducente à prática do bem. Condenáveis são as crenças que conduzam ao mal.

Uma teoria não pode ser aceita como verdadeira senão com a cláusula de satisfazer a razão e dar conta de todos os fatos que abrange; se um só fato lhe trouxer um desmentido, é que não contém a verdade absoluta.

Guardaos de confundir la fe con la presunción. La verdadera fe se aviene con la humildad; el que la posee pone su confianza en Dios más que en sí mismo, porque sabe que, simple instrumento de la voluntad de Dios, nada puede sin El, y por esto los buenos Espíritus vienen en su ayuda. La presunción más bien es orgullo que fe, y el orgullo es siempre castigado, más o menos tarde, por los desengaños y las desgracias que sufre.

Todas las religiones pretenden estar en la exclusiva posesión de la verdad; "preconizar la fe ciega sobre un punto de creencia, es confesar su impotencia en demostrar que se tiene razón".

porque no hay fe inalterable sino la que puede mirar frente a frente a la razón en todas las edades de la humanidad".

O Espiritismo, de acordo com o Evangelho, admitindo a salvação para todos, independente de qualquer crença, desde que a Lei de Deus seja observada, não diz: Fora do Espiritismo não há salvação; e, como não pretende ensinar ainda toda a verdade, também não diz: Fora da verdade não há salvação, máxima que dividiria em lugar de unir e perpetuaria os antagonismos.

Los que temerán el confesarse discípulos de la verdad, no son dignos de ser admitidos en el reino de la verdad". Perderán el beneficio de su fe, porque es una fe egoísta que guardan para ellos mismos, pero que la ocultan por miedo de que les ocasione perjuicio en este mundo, mientras que aquellos que colocando la verdad sobre sus intereses materiales la proclaman abiertamente, trabajan al mismo tiempo para su porvenir y para el de los otros.

The current's energy depends on the strength of the thought and the will; this is how prayer is heard by spirits wherever they may be, how

Where there is love there is life; where there is life there is hope.

But most are fueled by hope.

She herself vacillated when it came to belief. She did not particularly believe in God. Or, rather, she didn't believe in a particular God. Nevertheless, she kept an open mind. She was not a melancholy agnostic, but the optimistic kind. She liked to give God the benefit of the doubt.

The main reason that smokers find it difficult to quit is that they believe that they are giving up a genuine pleasure or crutch. It is absolutely essential to understand that there is nothing to 'give up'.

Part of the ingenuity of any addictive drug is to fool you into believing that life without it won't be as enjoyable, and/or that you'll be less able to cope with stress.

Just one cigarette' is a myth you must get out of your mind.

I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view.

I really believe, or want to believe, really I am nuts, otherwise I'll never be sane.

Do not be content with an imaginary god.