Quotes About Faith

You got to stay solid in these present time's, even today we all feel some sort of designed problems; however wait until your coldest day's turn into sunshine and don't give up; it would be a pity to spend life without finer days. -MillYentei

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.

Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an entrance. -- Prayer To A Pregnant Woman

Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.

No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.

Those who believe in karma do not blame. They do not judge. They accept that humans live in a sea of consequences, over which there is limited control. So they accept every moment as it is supposed to be. They act without expectation.

Arjuna, immerse your mind in me and I will uplift you from the ocean of recurring death. If you cannot do that, then practise yoga and work on your mind. If you cannot do that, then do your work as if it is my work. If you cannot do that, then make yourself my instrument and do as I say. If you cannot do that, then simply do your job and leave the results to me.—Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12, verses 6 to 11 (paraphrased).

Within the infinite myths lies the eternal truth

The devotee looks at the deity (darshan) and the deity, with large unblinking eyes, looks back; the relationship is 'two-way' not 'one-way'.

Religious or secular, all myths make profound sense to one group of people. Not to everyone. They cannot be rationalized beyond a point. In the final analysis, you either accept them or you don't.

Prayer earns merit. Merit makes life predictable. Keeps away accidents and surprises.

Myth is truth which is subjective, intuitive, cultural and grounded in faith.

The world may be ever-changing and full of uncertainties, but walking away is not the answer. World-rejection, according to the epic, is dangerous and destructive.

God does not interfere with fate; he simply helps man cope with it.

Surrender unconditionally, even in the absence of evidence, to the truth of the cosmos.

All will be well if we repent of our sins, accept God's love and demonstrate it by following His law. This

We can never know everything and we can never be sure. All information is incomplete, and all readings distorted by personal prejudice. And yet we have to take decisions all the time and hope the results favour us. Bhartrihari

takes the form of Draupadi, not his mother or his wife, but a distant relative, barely connected by blood or marriage. Draupadi cares for Krishna as Radha does, without expectations. And that is why Krishna always watches over her, even though he is not obliged to.