Quotes About Faith

La emoción dominante es la de un optimismo abrumador. El país espera todo de él aunque la economía no traiga buenas noticias;

Están robándonos las ovejas. Así describió un jesuita la oleada de cambios que barren el cristianismo en América Latina,

El populismo vive en un mundo de fe e instinto, no de datos y ciencia.

Similarly, the long-entrenched power of the major organized religions is decaying at a remarkably rapid pace.

The heart can do anything.

Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined

Why put yourself in charge of Heaven's cause? Does Heaven need our help to enforce its laws?

No, you shall be, my faith! Tartuffified.

What! Just because a rascal boldly duped you With pompous show of false austerity, Must you needs have it everybody's like him, And no one's truly pious nowadays?

ORGON. Brother, your language smacks of atheism; And I suspect your soul's a little tainted Therewith. I've preached to you a score of times That you'll draw down some judgment on your head.

TARTUFFE. If Heaven is all that stands now in my way, I'll easily remove that little hindrance; Your heart need not hold back for such a trifle.

ELMIRE. But they affright us so with Heaven's commands! TARTUFFE. I can dispel these foolish fears, dear madam; I know the art of pacifying scruples Heaven forbids, 'tis true, some satisfactions; But we find means to make things right with Heaven.

On n'a pas besoin de lumière, quand on est conduit par le ciel

He attracted the eyes of the whole congregation by the fervency with which he sent up his prayers to Heaven.

You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.

The only requirement of having a dream is believing in it.

Being alive requires of us a relationsip with the mysterious, life-long experience of letting go.

Sometimes we are reminded: All of us live steadfastly in that moment, the one between hope and the exercise of God's will.

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

She crossed herself and started to pray in that loose, easy way Roman Catholics do: 'Holy Mary, pray for us now and in the hour of our death … Merciful Jesus

We were editors of our own selves, revealing only what we wanted to show. Being only what served us best. Trust was an enormous act of faith. And faith… God , faith was hard.

She was the miracle I was trying to hold on to.