Quotes About Faith

Earlier generations had worshipped malign and capricious spirits. Ours put its faith in an ordered universe.

Democrats can neither control nor predict whether our GOP counterparts are really ready to play chicken with the U.S. economy. But we can assure the American people that our party takes the nation's faith and credit seriously.

Deeds are stronger than words, and children are not biblical scholars. As long as they see girls and women treated as inferior by their faith, that's what they will learn, no matter what their holy book says.

Consider the joke about the miserly farmer who fed his longsuffering cow less and less each day; but just when he thought that he had weaned the cow from eating altogether, the unfortunate animal died . . . showing that we do not need as many gods as early man believed does not show that we need no gods at all; that must be argued on its own merits.57

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.

The contract 'twixt Hannah, God and me,Was not for one or twenty years, but for eternity.

Gelmesinden ba?ka ?ifam yoktur. Gelmezse, yeryüzünde hiç bir güzel canl? ve enteresan ?eyin beni oyalayamayaca??n? dü?ünmenin verdi?i bir ümitsizlik de?heti içinde yerime oturur, gözlerimi buzlu camlar?n yar? karanl?k zemininde oynayan kaderin par?lt?lar?na dikerim.

?lk sebep? Allah'a inananlar için Allah'a kadar gider; i?kembesinden ba?ka ?eye inanmayanlar için i?kembede kal?r.

Birçok a??klar? dedektif hâline sokan ?üpheyi gizlemeden hakikatle temas etmenin mümkün olmad???n?, Nevzat, her kad?n meselesinde gayet iyi bilirdi. Fakat bu defa, hepsinden daha kuvvetli bir sevginin verdi?i ümitten kendini kurtaram?yordu. ?üphesi nispetinde kuvvetli bir itimat ve ümit ihtiyac?.

Hürriyete ve mes'uliyete inanan bir adam?n asla filozof olam?yaca??n? Ferit ilk defa o anda dü?ündü.

Dört sene vard?r ki bir harbi umumi ç?km?? olup milyonlarca insan birbirini telef etmektedir. Tarihi be?eri dolduran bütün muharebeler, benli?ini öldürmesini bilmeyen insan?n bir gaye u?runa ölmesini ö?renmesi için Cenab?hakk?n ana verdi?i kanl? derslere benzer.

Denizde, dalgalar aras?nda bo?ulaca??n? anlad?ktan sonra hiç bir hareket yapmayarak kendilerini suya sal?verenler ve felâketi bir an evvel isteyenler gibi kendimi b?rakm??t?m. Bir ?ey ümit etmemenin rahatl???ndan ba?ka bar?nacak ruhi bir kö?em kalmam??t?. Art?k hiçbir ?ey tahmin edemiyor, hiçbir ?ey beklemiyordum.

En güzel köprü, ihtirastan tevekküle kuruludur.

Ben de gülümsedim ve ç?lg?n bir sevinçle hâdisenin üstüne aban?yor, gayr-i hakikî bir nokta ar?yordum; fakat bir kere, inanman?n ?ehveti ba?lad?ktan sonra, hakikat oldu?una iman edilen ?eyi bütün i?tiyaklar?yla kucakl?yan insanlar gibi sevinçten ç?ld?r?yordum, kuruntumun utanc?n? duymayacak kadar mes'uttum.

Ah minel-a?k vel-halatihi diyor Arap. Ya?am??lar, ya?am??lar, hepsini biliyorlar. A?k?n halleri say?s?z. Fakat en büyük ?st?rap, galiba, inanmak zorlu?unda toplan?yor. Derece ?üphesi.

?nsanlar?n hayat?nda s?k s?k olan bir ?eye inanmamak, inanmak de?il, inanmamak, izahtan aciz kald???m?z her hadiseyi hurafe sayan bir hurafedir.

Ferit dü?ündü. Hastal?k teyzenin kendisi de?il. Hastal?k namazla Swing aras?nda. Memleketin hastal???.

There is danger in both belief and unbelief.

Superficial.ism is a religion. It's simply hypocrisy...

There are many Christians whose salvation is genuine, but equally there are many people who claim to be "Christians" but are not actually true servants of the Lord. To be a member of this Order, you must be a genuine servant and follower of Christ.

And the sad part is that you actually believe in The Undertaker. You actually believe that he has all these magic powers which is really alll just smoke and mirrors.

In the darkest of times, laughter helps revolutionize our perspective.

I am a Christian because of God's grace. I find it in no other faith system. The Christian gospel is rather simple. I love the way Tim Keller puts it: "I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me." The result is that I neither swagger nor snivel; I live with thanksgiving, overwhelmed and overjoyed by grace. This path seems to lead us to a place of needing to be noticed less often, and being less concerned with how we're thought of.

When it comes right down to it, the only way to face a crises that makes any sense at all - is together. And the only direction to face- is up.