Quotes About Faith

I was suppose to be a Jesuit priest or a naval academy graduate.

Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God.

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.

It could be that one of the greatest hindrances to evangelism is the poverty of our own experience.

Priests and conjurors are of the same trade.

Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.

Do anything in this world but monkey with somebody eles's religion. What reasoning of conceit makes anyone think theirs is right?

Ah, reader, put thy trust in thy creator, and thou wilt be safe; but if thou trustest to the book called the scriptures thou trustest to the rotten staff of fable and falsehood.

I feel that religion can be used as a tool to guide your life and help you connect with other people.

I'd like to start a religion. That's where the money is.

....it cannot be called ingenuity to kill one's fellow citizens, to betray friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; by these means one can aquire power but not glory.

At first sight, one does not see what relations there can be between religion and logic.

There is no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not central to our religion, ours is not the religion of Jesus.

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.

The Book of Mormon is the "keystone" of our religion, and the Doctrine and Covenants is the capstone, with continuing latter-day revelation.

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations.

Naturally, since [the Sumerians] didn't know what caused the flood anymore than we do, they blamed the gods. (That's the advantage of religion. You're never short an explanation for anything.)

If there were a god, don't you think he would have flicked Hitler's head off?

A heathen philosopher once asked a Christian, 'Where is God'? The Christian answered, 'Let me first ask you, Where is He not?'

It is a remarkable coincidence that almost everyone has the same religion as their parents and it always just so happens they're the right religion.

Know your religion, know who you are and don't be ashamed.

For many, religion has to do with what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. In the end, that doesn't bear fruit.

God is honored by large, difficult, and impossible requests when we ask, seek, knock, and trust our loving Father always to answer for our good.

Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that youve grasped the truth.