Quotes About Faith

For, dear me, why abandon a belief, Merely because it ceases to be true, Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt, It will turn true again, for so it goes.

They would not find me changed from him they knew — Only more sure of all I thought was true.

In A Glass of Cider It seemed I was a mite of sediment That waited for the bottom to ferment So I could catch a bubble in ascent. I rode up on one till the bubble burst, And when that left me to sink back reversed I was no worse off than I was at first. I'd catch another bubble if I waited. The thing was to get now and then elated.

The objective idea is all I ever cared about. Most of my ideas occur in verse... To be too subjective with what an artist has managed to make objective is to come on him presumptuously and render ungraceful what he in pain of his life had faith he had made graceful.

why abandon a belief Merely because it ceases to be true.

For this is love and nothing else is love, The which it is reserved for God above To sanctify to what far ends He will, But which it only needs that we fulfil.

For, dear me, why abandon a belief Merely because it ceases to be true? Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt It will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life Is due to truths being in and out of favor.

If the dream is held close to the heart, and imagination is applied to what there is close at hand. Everything is still possible.

Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God.

When our god fails to respond in the ways we expect, we humans tend to respond in one of two ways. We either blindly intensify our acts of worship or lash out in righteous anger.

Just because yu can't prove it doesn't mean it isn't true

Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger

who can you trust?

I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

The only real impediment to this is yourself and your emotions—boredom, panic, frustration, insecurity. You cannot suppress such emotions—they are normal to the process and are experienced by everyone, including Masters. What you can do is have faith in the process.

In every culture the total word of God has to be declared to us by another. In every culture the message of the gospel is in constant danger of being compromised by the value system that supports that culture and its goals. The stranger to that culture can instinctively identify those points of surrender and call the community back to a purer and more authentic faith. But such infusions of new life are usually resented and resisted.

When you are in total darkness, the tiniest point of light is very bright.

In the Lord's Prayer the believer, with the phrase May thy name be made holy, calls for a demonstration of the holiness of God. That is, the worshiper is saying, May God again demonstrate his holiness. This in turn expresses a willingness to participate in Isaiah's dramatic experience.

Afraid?' murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love. 'Afraid? Of Him? O, never, never! And yet - and yet - O, Mole, I am afraid!

You see, when medicine works, it is blessed science, and when it fails, it is witchcraft. - Polidori

It is well said that the Bible contains very little humor, but it does have much to say about the importance of genuine joy in the life of each believer.

Zinzendorf has as his life's motto, I have but one passion, and that is He and only He.

Christ did not die merely to display God's love -- He died because God is love. (I John 4:8)

Live confidently in the assurance that the One who has directed your steps to this moment of time is worthy of your complete trust for the days ahead.