Quotes About Faith

Give to it the place in our institutions of learning now occupied by scholastic theology and physiology, and it will 142 eradicate sickness and sin in less time than the old systems, devised for subduing them, have required for self-establishment and propagation.

There is too much animal courage in society and not 29 sufficient moral courage. Christians

La oración coherente es el deseo de hacer el bien.

One day you will learn that love does not always betray you.

a perverse and unruly superstition

The simple reason that, in the 60s CE, Saint Peter was crucified while Saint Paul enjoyed the privilege of being beheaded was that Paul was a Roman citizen.

Dogma is something you believe intellectually or on faith. Wisdom is something you know through Direct Experience!

everything works out for the best and that every reverse in life carries the seeds of something better in the future.

these white people have lost their own gods and mislaid their souls. They have trouble dealing with reality, with death.

The miraculous is the least one must aim at.

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway.

Cleery said, "We'll pass it on, Knobs. There'll still be magic in the world.

her form of prayer and her mother's were not the same. Virginia Romano recited Hail Mary's and Our Fathers, clicking rosary beads like a typist on a keyboard. Fast. Efficient. Error-free. Jenny carried on conversations, disjointed, half-formed, soulful mutterings that left her drained.

But God doesn't make bad things happen or necessarily stop them from happening. What He does do is give us strength to understand and persevere, learn from and through the tragedy.

church organist for the past twenty-one years, stroked the last notes of "Faith of Our Fathers." The next several minutes were ritual Catholic routine—up, down, sit, up, down, sit. When the calisthenics ended, Father Benedict stood before the pulpit and gazed out at his congregation.

Generations of families flocked to Pastor Richot's steps to partake in, not only the weekly liturgy, but baptisms, marriages, and funerals—a one-stop shop for the faithful.

The Lord only gives us what we can handle and

What's for you, won't pass you.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

E ela se perguntou como era possível fazer da miséria uma religião.

The way is short, O friend, That reaches out before us; God's tender heavens above us bend, His love is smiling o'er us; A little while is ours For sorrow or for laughter; I'll lay the hand you love in yours On the shore of the Hereafter.

A shining isle in a stormy sea, We seek it ever with smiles and sighs; To-day is sad. In the bland To-be, Serene and lovely To-morrow lies.

Some days Ursula could barely bring herself to talk for the weight of all her fears, but she could always sing.

You must love God. You must love yourself. You must love man. In this order, your love should be distributed or every relationship you have will eventually fail.