Quotes About Faith

Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me.

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

And in times and places where there was not much persecution, people could become and continue Christians who neither were nor professed to be very devoted persons.

Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was.

We still live in the greatest country in the world, and God blesses persons of color too.

If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.

The very idea that you could have separation between mosque and state from Islam's perspective is the imposition on them of Christian practice. Islam doesn't really have a place for state. They are a universalistic faith like Christianity, but they think there is no country that bounds Islam.

I love to follow truth; nay, I have made it my duty to persuade others to act on truth and abjure falsehood for the sake of their own good. So, the eradication of iniquities is the object of my life.

Actually my brother didn't think Imran was religious enough for me. I had to persuade him.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it.

Ultimately, I feel like there is just a pervasive evidence of God. Though I know that is maybe a controversial thing to say.

The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.

I just think there is so much irrational pessimism in the world.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

I think, instead of the pessimism of the Remain campaign, we have an opportunity to think of the next generation. If we have faith in their talent, in their generosity, in their hard work, we can, if we leave the E.U., ensure the next generation makes this country once more truly great.

I guess I am an optimist in a pessimist brain, if that makes any sense. I believe in the innate goodness of most people in this world, and yet I'm a damaged soul like many other people and have my own demons and things I struggle with.

I'm not a pessimist. I do believe that in some way we don't understand, God has a hand in things and it will all work out for America. Our money says In God We Trust. And we are the best country, aren't we?

My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.

I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.

I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.

It takes a certain amount of courage to not be pessimistic. I'd like to believe there is good in everyone.

I'm not pessimistic about anything.