Quotes About Faith

other—just stop talking like you're leaving us." After getting that letter from my grandmother asking God to intercede and change my heart, I decided I'd start to go to this little church at Calipatria. They used to have coffee and donuts on Sunday, and I would sit there and pray

started to ask some hard questions of myself. All this death, all this pain—was there a higher purpose behind it? Was it God's way of making me feel the destruction I'd caused within someone else's family?

Baby, be quiet! You're not in control anymore. God is in control. And God is going to get you out in His own time." The power of her words knocked me back. What did my mother just tell me?

At Donovan, I joined Kairos, a prison-based ministry group, and attended church regularly. Kairos—that's Greek for "God's Time"—became an integral part of my life.

was eligible for a Level II yard, and they had to find a suitable place for me. Corcoran was the place that God intended for me, the place where I could fully embrace and manifest the change I needed to make.

The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

Saying of the Prophet Struggle The holy warrior is he who struggles with himself.

A Better Beard that Yours. 'All true devotees wear a beard,' said the Imam to his audience. 'Show me a thick and lustrous beard and I'll show you a true believer!' 'My goat has a beard far bushier and longer than yours,' replied Nasrudin. 'Does that mean he is a better Muslim than you?

What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that?

I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

Saying of the Prophet Obligation to Learn The pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim.

Saying of the Prophet. Ink and Blood: The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for.

At His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.

Service I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia el-Adawia.

If it is dark enough, one candle is plenty.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Patience: A support for the disappointed.

when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief.

From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths – outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone.

One should not pray if that prayer is vanity.

People who cannot trust are themselves not trustworthy, and therefore cannot be entrusted with important things.

When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.