Quotes About Faith

My legs! Lord Jesus stop the pain in my legs!" "Hush John," Florida said. "That's only phantom pain." "Is it real?" I asked her. She shrugged. "All pain is real.

The first mystery was that the rows of candles under each of the statues of Jesus and Mary and Joseph were all flickering and trembling as if there were gusts of wind when in fact the vast church was shut tight and none of the heavy doors were open. I believed that the spirit of God in the statues was so strong it made the candles flutter and hiss, tremulous with suffering. Each tiny burst of light lit up the caked blood on Jesus's bony white feet and it looked wet.

I used to be terrified of going to the bathroom until Uncle John taught me to start at the front door, whisper over and over to myself, "God will take care of me. God will take care of me," and run like hell.

By late afternoon I'm ready to strangle Riva Chirenko's daughter. I don't know her name. Nobody calls her Mrs. Tomanovich. She's Mr. Tomanovich's wife. Riva's daughter. Irena Tomanovich's mother. She's what's wrong with all of us women, that schleppe from the steppe. But at other times it is this same woman, Riva Chirenko's daughter, that I respect, revere. If I could only accept as she has done, just accept. Acceptance is faith, Henry Miller said. I could strangle him too.

No hay ninguna guía para la muerte. Nadie puede decirte qué hacer, qué es lo que te espera

la Fede è violenza, qualsiasi tipo di Fede, religiosa, politica e sportiva. Dietro ogni guerra c'è sempre un uomo di Fede che ha sparato il primo colpo.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back

the lesson of the falling leaves the leaves believe such letting go is love such love is faith such faith is grace such grace is god i agree with the leaves

and at night my dreams are full of the cursing of me fucking god fucking me.

may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water waving forever and may you in your innocence sail through this to that — Lucille Clifton, "blessing the boats," Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000 . (BOA Editions Ltd. April 1, 2000)

It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later.

The majority of parents we come into contact with have lost their faith and therefore have lost any kind of dependence on God. They are deprived of all the gifts that God can give them to raise their children properly; they are deprived of the wisdom and the discernment to guide their children when needed.

I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers.

The soul has this proof of its divinity that divine things delight in it.

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us or close to us.

Such evil deeds could religion prompt.

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

God forgives us, as—when—we forgive them who injure us—and ourselves. These last weeks I think I have understood what many times in the past I thought I knew—but we never know—we never reach the end of understanding—the understanding of God—the mystery of his love...

the fact that a real apocalypse would be such a vindication, if you'd spent all this dough getting ready for it,