Quotes About Faith

Maryrose Wood

What does it mean, Simawoo?

Maryrose Wood

If you keep having these positive thoughts all the time, miraculously you will naturally be able to do as your thoughts predicted.

The destruction of nature will lead to the destruction of the human race, but many people seem to be convinced that even if humans should disappear, they will be brought to life again by the hand of their god. This idea, however, is nothing more than fantasy. The human race will not be born again. When the people on the earth have died out, there will be no God or Buddha to rescue them.

Buddhism is originally not a religion of faith in a transcendent deity but a religion of awakening to the true nature of self and others.

People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That's how they define Reality. But what does it mean to be "correct" or "true"? Merely vague concepts… Their Reality may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?

Believe it!!!" Naruto yelled.

Für Einen Die Andern sind das weite Meer. Du aber bist der Hafen. So glaube mir: kannst ruhig schlafen, Ich steure immer wieder her. Denn all die Stürme, die mich trafen, Sie ließen meine Segel leer. Die Andern sind das bunte Meer, Du aber bist der Hafen. Du bist der Leuchtturm. Letztes Ziel. Kannst Liebster, ruhig schlafen. Die Andern... das ist Wellenspiel, Du aber bist der Hafen.

So schlepp ich weiter an der schweren Kette Und presse Brot und Wasser aus dem Stein. Kehr ich einst wieder, werden meine Hände Zu rauh für alle blauen Träume sein.

Altes Rezept Nimm das Dasein als Bewährungsfrist ohne Klagen, ohne Fragen. Schweigend steig hinauf die dunklen Treppen, Weil es immerhin noch leichter ist, sein Kreuz zu tragen, als es zu schleppen.

Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.

Faith moves mountains but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.

Y como Séneca sigue diciéndole cada vez que recurre a él: «No sé si realizaré progresos; pero prefiero la falta de éxito a la falta de fe».[14]

Religious traditions do make more space for the supernatural, the mystical, and the spiritual, which is why faith is a core element of religion and rarely so in philosophy. It is also why religions can be at peace without definite answers and give answers to some questions that are unanswerable for philosophers (because they often defy logic or rationality).

For Christians, the term "faith" designates not a formal assent to a belief, but rather an act of trust and commitment to a way of envisioning our world, and exploring its implications for thought and action.

Your confidence lies not in the outcome,

One of my favorite modern readings, found in the Reform movement's prayer book, describes what I believe to be the true power of prayer: Prayer invites God's Presence to suffuse our spirits, God's will to prevail in our lives. Prayer may not bring water to parched fields, nor mend a broken bridge, nor rebuild a ruined city. But prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, [and] rebuild a weakened will.2

Such Christian frameworks of meaning encourage a positive expectation on the part of believers that something may be learned and gained through illness and suffering.

Through inhabiting the Christian narrative, we come to see ourselves, as the medieval writer Julian of Norwich famously put it, as being enfolded in the love of Christ, which brings us a new security, identity, and value. Our self-worth is grounded in being loved by God.

So is there a better way of framing our identity? Part of the Christian answer to this question focuses on a relationship with God that affirms, whatever else we are, we are loved by God and individually known to God by name. We find identity, meaning, and value within the context of this relationship.