Quotes About Faith

329 A maxim which he frequently repeats is, that the knowledge of ourselves is the necessary and only step by which we can ascend to the knowledge and love of God.

He extols the efficacy of the sign of the cross in chasing him, and dissipating his illusions, and lays down rules for the discernment of spirits, the first of which is, that the devn leaves on the soul impressions of fear, sadness, confusion, and disturbance.

As the great work of the sanctification of our souls is to be begun by humility, so must it be completed by the same

In Hom. 12, we have an excellent instruction on that important maxim in a spiritual life, That we must never think how far we have run, but what remains of our course, as in a race a man thinks only on what is before him. It will avail nothing to have begun, unless we finish well our course

A spiritual joy is the greatest sign of the divine grace dwelling in a soul.

We owe infinitely more to Christ than any brother can owe to us:

As much as the heavens exceed the earth, so much larger is the field of spiritual meditation than that of all terrestrial concerns.

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.

Life is great if properly viewed in any aspect; it is mainly great when viewed in connection with the world to come.

When life has been well spent; when there is a conscience without reproach; when there is faith in the Saviour; when there is a well-founded hope of heaven, there can be nothing that should disquiet us.

Yes, it is a truth that for a good man, honored, beloved, useful, with all around him that God ever gives to His children here; nay, with all that God could give him of earth, it would be " gain " to die. Heaven is a better, a happier, a more desirable world than this is or can be.

It has become a settled principle that nothing which is good and true can be destroyed by persecution, but that the effect ultimately is to establish more firmly, and to spread more widely, that which it was designed to overthrow. It has long since passed into a proverb that "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church."

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.

History only exists, in the final analysis, for God.

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend they shall never be broken.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.