Quotes About Faith

The whole conduct of a Christian is nothing else but knowledge reduced to will, affection and practice.

We must neither bind where God looseth, nor loose where God bindeth, nor open where God shutteth, nor shut where God openeth; the right use of the keys is always successful.

In the godly, holy truths are conveyed by way of a taste; gracious men have a spiritual palate as well as a spiritual eye. Grace alters the spiritual taste.

God can pick sense out of a confused prayer. These desires cry louder in his ears than your sins.

Actually, you said Love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love. It's like a religion. It's terrifying. No one will ever want to sleep with you.

The very nature of the objective universe turns any spiritual faith and ideals into courageous acts of subjectivity , constantly vulnerable to intellectual negation.

Public peace is the act of public trust; it is the faith that all are secure and will remain secure.

the civilization which had given birth to Bigger contained no spiritual sustenance, had created no culture which could hold and claim his allegiance and faith, had sensitized him and had left him stranded

The cross the preacher had told him about was bloody, not flaming; meek, not militant. It had made him feel awe and wonder, not fear and panic. It had made him want to kneel and cry, but this cross made him want to curse and kill.

Jesus, take me to your blessed home above and wrap me in the bosom of thy love...

The white man's God is just like the white man. He thinks he is the only God, just like the white man thinks he is the only man.

While listening to the vivid language of the sermons I was pulled toward emotional belief, but as soon as I went out of the church and saw the bright sunshine and felt the throbbing life of the people in the streets I knew that none of it was true and that nothing would happen.

Ah tol yuh t leave them Reds erlone! They don mean no body no good! When men starts t deny Gawd, nothin good kin come from em!

Ovunque, nella mia vita, io abbia incontrato la religione, ho trovato la discordia, il tentativo di un individuo o di un gruppo di dominare un altro in nome di Dio.

Our brains are belief engines, not truth engines.

True worship is not trying to see The Lord, but it comes from seeing Him.

So principle number one is 'seek first the kingdom' with every choice. The second is 'forgetting what lies behind, press on toward the mark of the high calling of God." These two will help us make the right choices

see 1 Sam. 22:28).

Light lost to the darkness here.

Was he absolutely certain she about her? Yes.

there are times when no matter what we do, despite our best efforts—it's not often but it can happen—very occasionally we are going to let you down.

Hope is a lie that becomes true

I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth.

Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works. I am praying. I'm talking to you, right? Oh...yes. Good point. Amphitrite - incoming!