Quotes About Faith

Aus Liebe zum Menschen wird Gott Mensch.

24. Juli Ein Glaube, der nicht hofft, ist krank.

Der Raum der Kirche ist nicht dazu da, um der Welt ein Stück ihres Bereiches streitig zu machen, sondern gerade um der Welt zu bezeugen, daß sie Welt bleibe, nämlich die von Gott geliebte und versöhnte Welt.

Der Christ hat sein Betätigungsfeld in der Welt. Hier soll er anfassen, mitschaffen und wirken, hier den Willen Gottes tun. Und darum ist der Christ nicht resignierter Pessimist, sondern einer, der freilich von der Welt weniger hofft – die Welt vergeht – der aber von Gott alles erhofft und darum also schon in der Welt freudig und heiter ist.

Jesus ruft nicht zu einer neuen Religion, sondern zum Leben.

Ich glaube, daß Gott uns in jeder Notlage soviel Widerstandskraft geben will, wie wir brauchen. Aber er gibt sie nicht im voraus, damit wir uns nicht auf uns selbst, sondern auf ihn verlassen.

Gott will nicht, daß ich den Andern nach dem Bilde forme, das mir gut erscheint, also nach meinem eigenen Bilde, sondern in seiner Freiheit von mir hat Gott den Andern zu seinem Ebenbild gemacht.

Die eigenen Wege führen im Kreise immer zu uns selbst zurück. Aber wenn Gott unsere Wege leitet, dann führen sie zu ihm. Gott leitet uns durch Glück und Unglück – immer nur zu Gott. Daran erkennen wir Gottes Wege.

Wir hindern Gott, uns die großen geistlichen Gaben, die er für uns bereit hat, zu schenken, weil wir für die täglichen Gaben nicht danken.

Gott gab uns sein Wort, aus dem wir seinen Willen erkennen sollen. Die Bibel will gelesen und bedacht sein, täglich neu.

Man soll Gott in dem finden und lieben, was er uns gerade gibt.

He had always assumed it was a flaw in people, a human failing, that created this need to believe in something beyond the ordinary. Religion existed to control society, to monitor those without the capacity to think things through for themselves, to provide promises and shimmering images in the sky, so that the urges of the masses could be calmed and regulated. What, after all, did the word 'faith' connote, except a willing blindness to the lack of actual proof?

When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear. Before men can live together in harmony and understanding, ignorance must be transmuted into wisdom, superstition into an illuminated faith, and fear into love.

Having become a citizen of two worlds, the individual must act accordingly. There can be no backsliding, because the individual must reach a state of certainty before this enlightenment is given that makes it utterly and completely impossible to backslide. He cannot 'get it' and then fail and turn from it. If he turns from it, it means he never had it. If he fails, he fails himself. He cannot fail the infinite.

When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear. Before men can live together in harmony and understanding, ignorance must be transmuted into wisdom, superstition into an illumined faith, and fear into love.

The shrines of Masonry are ornamented by the jewels of a thousand ages; its rituals ring with the words of enlightened seers and illuminated sages. A hundred religions have brought their gifts of wisdom to its altar. It is more than a faith; it is a path of certainty. It is more than belief; it is fact.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

No struggle for what you believe in is ever futile.

With love you could persuade a Pathan to go to Hell, but by force you couldn't even take him to Heaven.

Eventually, there is one principle, and one principle alone on which the world is hinged: things will work out the way they should, provided we do what we should.

Even pragmatic people needed a totem of goodness to buoy them against life's tyrannies.

The story is much bigger than they ever thought it was. He says to his nephew Richard, you cannot tell people just part of the tale and then stop, or just tell them the parts you choose. They have seen their religion painted on the walls of churches, or carved in stone, but now God's pen is poised, and he is ready to write his words in the books of their hearts.

Appoggiata alla mia spalla sei la mia ala destra. Come se tu spiegassi le tue tenere nere penne, m'innalzan le tue parole a un candidissimo cielo. Esultanza. Silenzio. Seduto ora al mio tavolo, mi sanguina la spalla, la tua assenza mi duole.