Quotes About Faith

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." Again, "I can of my own self do nothing." And he then speaks of his purpose, his aim: "I am come that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly." A little later he adds: "The works that I do ye shall do also." Now again, these things mean something of a very definite nature, or they mean nothing at all.

Em Deus, nós confiamos; todos os outros devem trazer dados".33

I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.

Sois el verdadero marchamo que precinta el envío de los días felices. Ya están ahí las golondrinas y las golondrinas nunca se equivocan, decimos al veros, pero el buen tiempo se retasa y entoces pensamos que os habéis adelantado por abnegación, por dar fe a los endermos y covalecientes haciéndoles suponer tiempo bueno y seco.

The Kingsford–Maitland view of Christianity appealed to Gandhi because it asked not for exaltation of a personal Saviour, but fidelity to one's conscience.

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

God is in all men, but all men are not in God that is why we suffer.

The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.

More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.

A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.

If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.

Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.

It will come all right in the end.

Complete surrender does require that you have no desire of your own, that God's desire alone is your desire and that you have no desire of your own.

To perform one's duty is the greatest service to God.

Grace is ever present. The only thing necessary is that you surrender to it. (p. 369)

Be equally indifferent to both and abide in the faith of God. That will be so only when one's faith is strong that God looks after all of us.