Quotes About Faith

Weltvertrauen, vertrouwen in de wereld. Hij beschrijft hoe moeilijk het is om zonder dat vertrouwen te leven. Wie dat vertrouwen eenmaal is kwijtgeraakt, is voor altijd tot eenzaamheid veroordeeld onder de mensen. Zo iemand ziet in een ander nooit meer zijn medemens, maar altijd alleen de vijand.

I read somewhere; while God still existed one sustained a dialogue with God, and now that He no longer exists one has to sustain a dialogue with other people, I guess, or, better still, with oneself, that is to say, one talks or mumbles to oneself.

It was not very likely, of course, but then all kinds of things are possible, after all.

S e sok próbára mégis az hiszed, Hogy új küzdésed nem lesz hasztalan? S célt érsz? Valóban e megtörhetetlen Gyermekkedély csak emberé lehet.

The whole structure leans dangerously towards the miraculous.

What Buddhism failed to give, Shintoism offered in abundance.

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.

There I am in my younger days, stargazing, painting picture perfect maps of how my life and love would be not counting the unmarked paths of misdirection, my compass faith in love's perfection I missed a million miles of road I should have seen.

The purpose of life is to believe,to hope and to strive.

You can fight without hope if the heart finds strength in something stronger." --Zafar

O lord how sweet it is, how tempting, is life.

the tides are the moon and sea keeping their own promises, and that's that. A promise involves a thing that can't be measured, which is trust and I can't speak for rain and the sea and moon, but I can ask why people keep their promises, and maybe the answer in the end is love.

This is it, the most powerful thing in the world because all men go crazy for it, more precious than gold since for its sake rich men lose fortunes, sweeter than power because craving for it makes leaders of countries risk their jobs, more powerful than honor because it makes fools of respectable men… It's more powerful than all the world for it contains the whole world plus heaven and hell beside… The power of this grace makes nuclear bombs look like firecrackers.

I pray for that good woman. At the end of time when God judges us humans, I just hope He remembers to judge Himself as well.

I believe we can't trust the gods. They don't shape our lives; we have to do that ourselves. It's not about whose gods are right, because there is no right or wrong. We have to be able to depend on ourselves and trust ourselves. If we can gather strength from our beliefs, then that's enough.

Nonetheless even in capitulation there is still hope, and this hope of human beings never ends, will never end.

Kendi yasama ihanet etmeden bu tasalar? nas?l hakl? görebilirdim? GirdiÄŸiniz ç?kmazlar?n önemine nas?l inanabilirdim? Size gerçekten inand?kça, o güçsüz ve kendini beÄŸenmiÅŸ sözlerinizden, o miskin davran??lar?n?zdan, o budalaca kuÅŸkular?n?zdan daha fazla bir ÅŸey olduÄŸunuza tamamen inand?kça, size nas?l inanabilirdim?

Grenzt hier ein Wort an mich, so lass ich's grenzen. Liegt Böhmen noch am Meer, glaub ich den Meeren wieder. Und glaub ich noch ans Meer, so hoffe ich auf Land. Bin ich's, so ist's ein jeder, der ist soviel wie ich. Ich will nichts mehr für mich. Ich will zugrunde gehen. Zugrund - das heisst zum Meer, dort find ich Böhmen wieder. Zugrund gerichtet, wach ich ruhig auf. Von Grund auf weiss ich jetzt, und ich bin unverloren.

And I don't believe in this materialism, in this consumer society, in this capitalism, in this outrageous horror that happens / takes place here…. I really do believe in something, and I call it "a day will come." And one day it will come. Well, probably it won't come, since they've always destroyed it for us…. It won't come, and I believe in it anyway. Because if I can't believe in it anymore then I can't write anymore either.

The ages of muscle and miracle — of fists and faith — are passing away.

Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live." 

The trick then has to be letting go of the safe, the known and reaching out for what we can't yet see.

Cometo me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.

Someone once said every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. The trick then has to be letting go of the safe, the known and reaching out for what we can't yet see.