Quotes About Faith

Me devolvieron a la celda sin que hubiese parado de reír. Seguí riendo y riendo porque de pronto supe que aquello había sido un mensaje de Dios: Él estaba de mi lado. Por algún motivo quería que yo siguiese con vida.

This is the real house of God, this is where those who have lost God will find Him, not the white masjid with its bright diamond lights and towering minarets.

A spectacularly foolish and baseless faith, against enormous odds, that a world you do not control will not take from you the one thing you cannot bear to lose. Faith that the world will not destroy you.

You can summon them in your time of need, and they won't fail you. God's words will never betray you, my girl.

Îndurasem prea mult, ajunsesem prea aproape. ?i deodat? speranÈ›a a devenit certitudine. Aveam s? câÈ™tig. Nu È™tiam când, dar aveam s? câÈ™tig.

And they call themselves Muslims, he whispered.

It was you Nabi, she said in my ear. It was always you. Didn't you know?

It Does not Frighten Me To Leave This Life That My Only Son Left Five Years Ago, This Life That Insist We Bear Sorrow Upon Sorrow Long After We Can Bear No More. No I Believe I Shall Gladly Take My Leave When The Time Comes. What Frightens Me Is The Day God Summon Me Before Him And Asks. How Shall I Explain Myself To Him. What Will Be My Defense For Not Heeding His Commads.

Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion

Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion.

We are of the mysterious East. No proof, just faith. No reason, just faith.

If the blanket of man's fate has been woven black, even the waters of Zam Zam and Kausar cannot wash it white.

Under the circumstances the only honest answer an intelligent person can give to the question 'Is there a God?' is to say, 'I do not know.

God not da faddah, he just the spoiled moody child, but you got to go t'rough him to get to da real power, his mama, Mot'er God. She da real Almighty! She run da heavens alone. Original single parent. When somethin' bad happen, usually mean she let God try his hand, and he screw up plenny. You need something important, you go directly Mot'er God. Jesus, Mary, Joseph? Dey just small potatoes, part of the chorus, neh?

She cherished her spiritual books and doesn't deny the debt contracted from some of them. -- Kieran Kavanaugh regarding Teresa of Avila

I mean, they're not actually going to murder you. Right?

Hakiki iman ÅŸövalyesi daima mutlak bir yaln?zl???n; yapmac???ysa tarikatç?l???n peÅŸindedir.

our Lord satisfied the stomach before satisfying the eye, but the imagination acts in the reverse fashion

?coala suferin?ei e cea mai lung?, c?ci te preg?te?te pentru eternitate

The spirit of dialectical fearlessness is not so easily acquired; and the sense of isolation which remains despite the conviction of right, the sadness of the parting from admired and trustworthy [or trusted?] authorities, is the line of demarcation which marks the threshold of its acquirement.

It is now my intention to draw out from the story of Abraham the dialectical consequences inherent in it, expressing them in the form of problemata , in order to see what a tremendous paradox faith is, a paradox which is capable of transforming a murder into a holy act well-pleasing to God, a paradox which gives Isaac back to Abraham, which no thought can master, because faith begins precisely there where thinking leaves off.

If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not believed; for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself, he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.

If anyone thinks he has faith and yet is indifferent towards this possession, is neither cold nor hot, he can be certain that he does not have faith. If anyone thinks he is Christian and yet is indifferent towards his being a Christian, then he really is not one at all. What would we think of a man who affirmed that he was in love and also that it was a matter of indifference to him?

What is truth but to live for an idea?