Quotes About Faith

Verovala sam u nešto. U život, u tebe, u decu, u nešto nepoznato što ?e biti lepo, u neku nadu, svejedno u šta. Starost je ružna najviše zato što nam uzme sposobnost da u nešto verujemo.

Je li vlast od Boga? Ako nije, odakle joj pravo da nam sudi? Ako jest, kako može da pogriješi? Ako nije, sruši?emo je; ako jest, sluša?emo je. Ako nije od Boga, šta nas obavezuje da trpimo nepravde? Ako je od Boga, jesu li to nepravde, ili kazna zbog viših ciljeva. Ako nije, onda je nada mnom i nad tobom i nad svima nama izvršeno nasilje, i onda smo opet mi krivi što ga podnosimo.

Ali mi se, ipak, nadamo boljemu, uvijek, više vjerujemo svojoj želji nego svome strahu, i obi?no s pravom

Ne?e da prizna koliko se nadala. A ne zna ?ak ni ?emu.

Baby you're the only thing in this whole world That's pure and good and right And wherever you are and wherever you go There's always gonna be some light

What they consecrated, held in their own hands, and distributed was sacred because of the people who received it.

This is a matter between herself and God.

Adam and Eve thought they had a greater knowledge than God. They were created to be like God, not to be God.

real religion is in people's hearts and not in buildings, texts, or rituals.

The early Christians' name for the Church was, "The Gathering.

we'll take it step by step. Don't worry about what tomorrow will bring. With God's guidance, tomorrow will take care of itself.

Every path leads to the same god.

If you love something, set it free. If it was meant to be, it will come back to you.

I mean, why? Why did I go on believing? Did it make sense? Why did I go on thinking, even when [he] slammed me around, that if you are good enough, patient enough, for long enough, your reward will come?

age sixty-eight and still wanting love to exist in a pure column of light, still convinced that it could.

Faith had taken an interest in her. She had even said she admired her. And now Faith was giving her permission. But permission to do what? The answer wasn't at all obvious.

And I also know that pain can seem like an endless ribbon. You pull it and you pull it. You keep gathering it towards you, and as it collects, you really can't believe that there's something else at the end of it. Something that isn't just pain.

Faith was one of those people. Greer had started to see, who was seductive to almost everyone. Seduction was a power move to Faith, and maybe even a compulsion, but it seemed to happen effortlessly, and was in the service of a greater good.

It seemed so unlikely, but then again, so did many things in life.

Can I trust you, Addy?" he asks. I say he can. Does anyone ever answer that question with a no?

The Bible was written by man to serve his own ends. Like society. Like the church. We use such things to control one another, but what right do we have to do so?

It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We're a skeptical people. We need convincing.

So I ignored the rest. I ignored everything that told me nothing was as I'd believed. That was my first mistake.

music told me that whatever else had been taken from me, my soul remained.