Quotes About Faith

As it happens I am comfortable with the Michael Laskis of this world, with those who live outside rather than in, those in whom the sense of dread is so acute that they turn to extreme and doomed commitments; I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems with which some people manage to fill the void, appreciate all the opiates of the people, whether they are as accessible as alcohol and heroin and promiscuity or as hard to come by as faith in God or History.

lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proven competence on the Stanford-Binet scale. To such doubtful amulets had my self-respect been pinned, and I faced myself that day with the nonplused apprehension of someone who has come across a vampire and has no crucifix at hand.

A belief in extreme possibilities colors daily life.

But any religion would be found lacking if judged solely by its human servants.

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God doesn't make bargains with people, as much as we might wish that he would. And what if he did? We'd probably make a mess of our requests. Better that he keep his authority, and we accept his governance.

Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is.

Nicholas went to choral evensong on the Sunday, and could have wept. They sang part of a Tallis motet and he thought, If the time comes when nobody can hear this sound anymore, it will be the end.

Not having God with you is like trying to walk normally on one leg; it twists you, it must.

To think that Christ gave us so much only to have us experience so little brings tears to my eyes.

If Satan can't make me fall away from God's grace, he will do everything he can to keep me from fully embracing God's grace. Satan wants me—and he wants you!—to be so constantly preoccupied with what we're not that we never get around to realizing all that God is.

The fact is, until we stop doubting God's goodness, we can't experience God's love.

I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please, not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine… I want ecstasy, not transformation; I want the warmth of the womb

Putting our earthly nature to death isn't something we can do apart from God. It isn't meant to be a renovation we attempt on our own or a charade we play at until it becomes reality. Believe me, I've tried it that way, and it just doesn't work. And yet, while the Holy Spirit wants to help us, we must initiate the act. For in a very real sense, only we can choose to die.

Cross my heart and hope to die. I wonder where that comes from." "It's a reference to the crucifixion. It's like knock on wood . That's a reference to the wooden cross.

Some things can be both real and imaginary at the same time, . . . some lies can be true, . . . broken faith may be restored.

A demon, if you prefer the term; although to be honest, the difference between god and a demon is really only a matter of perspective.

There was something about total loyalty, uncritical devotion, endless patience, perpetual forgiveness and the general inability to believe that a loved one could ever do anything wrong that, frankly, just gave him the creeps.

Nothing dreamed is ever lost, and nothing lost forever.

You see, I do believe in miracles. I, who have passed through fire. I do believe.

Not that a promise means much to a demon - or a god.

I don't believe God really cares what you eat, or what you wear, or whom you love. I think that if God made the stars, He must have a greater perspective.

I don't think that white collar gives you sole right of access to the divine.

That's Catholicism for you. A perpetual war between repression and excess.