Quotes About Faith

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

One would go mad if one took the Bible seriously; but to take it seriously one must be already mad.

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.

No le pida nunca nada a la vida. Espere... y algún día la vida le dará una sorpresa maravillosa.

Il pigro - Sapendo di essere nato per dare origine ad una farfalla, mentre gli altri si rinchiudevano in laboriosi e oscuri bozzoli, il verme si mise a saltare il più in alto possibile, credendo che così facendo avrebbe fatto uscire le ali con più facilità

Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent.

Attention ! Ce sont les croyants béats comme vous, les naïfs, les dévoreurs d'écrits humanitaires, les calvinistes de l'idée, qui élèvent les guillotines.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you Submit to your grief -- your time for joy will come, believe me.

The liar looks up toward it, hoping against hope that the voices in his head have told him the truth.

Lord, why did you leave me in these woods?

So you are Catholic? Didn't know that. I am nothing, I said. God knows God is no friend of mine. But I envy people who believe in this crap. They don't worry about the meaning of life and things, whereas I do.

The end of the world might be near, Isador said to her once, but we don't have to rush to reach it.

If someone imagines that someone loves him, and does not believe he has given any cause for it, he should love in return.

Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God.

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.

Do you have children? she asked. No. Why? The man answered that one had to have faith in the world to have children.

Aquel Dios del que había oído hablar, pero que, desde hacía largo tiempo, no se preocupaba de negar ni de reconocer, dedicado solamente a vivir como si no existiera, ahora, en ciertos momentos de abatimiento sin motivo, de terror sin peligro, le parecía oírlo gritar dentro de sí: Yo existo

Oh, Dios mío!, ¿qué harán esos infelices cuando yo ya no esté aquí?» Pero alzó los ojos al cielo, y se acusó de haber carecido de confianza, de haberse creído necesario para algo.

Ora sapete come è l'aspettativa: immaginosa, credula, sicura.

Come diceva spesso agli altri e a sé stessa, tutto il suo studio era di secondare i voleri del cielo; ma faceva spesso uno sbaglio grosso, ch'era di prender per cielo il suo cervello.

The women urged him to be calm, patient, and prudent. "Tomorrow," Lucia said, "Padre Cristoforo will surely come, and you'll see for yourself that he'll find the kind of solution that we common folk cannot even imagine.

sempre Dio: coloro che non possono difendersi da sè, che non hanno la forza, sempre han questo Dio da mettere in campo, che se gli avessero parlato. Cosa pretendete con codesta vostra parola. Di farmi...?

Dopo dodici mesi de noviziato, pieni di pentimenti e di ripentimenti, si trovò al momento della professione, al momento cioè in cui conveniva, o dire un no più strano, più inaspettatto, più scandaloso che mai, o ripetere un sí tante volte detto; lo ripeté, e fu monaca per sempre.

Was it not her constant study to second the will of Heaven? -- But, alas! she often fell into the terrible mistake of taking for the will of Heaven, the vain imaginings of her own brain.