Quotes About Faith

I knew I had to live because, well, I didn't have the imagination to think otherwise.

Ill is it when good folk die.' 'Why, if they were good you need not mourn for them,' said Skafloc glibly, 'for they are safe from this world's sorrows, come home to Him above. I should think, in truth, that only the sound of your weeping could trouble their bliss.

CHAPTER I Archbishop William, a most learned and holy prelate, having commanded me to put into English writing those great events to which I was a humble witness, I take up my quill in the name of the Lord and my patron saint: trusting that they will aid my feeble powers of narrative for the sake of future generations who may with profit study the account of Sir Roger de Tourneville's campaign and learn thereby fervently to reverence the great God by whom all things are brought to pass.

By oak and ash and springtime-whitened thorn, through ages gone and ages to be born, by earth below, by air arising higher, by ringing waters, and by living fire, by life and death, I charge that ye say true if ye do now give faith for faith.

The fact that there are countless things we will never know, and many that we could not possibly know, does not mean they do not exist—only that we cannot prove it.

My God—very literally, my God—we can't go on … having regular bowel movements … while creation happens!

We chatter thus, while miracles go on. Perhaps the saints can pass eternity enrapt in solemn bliss; but we are mortal.

Their spells would bounce like billiard balls off anyone in a state of grace; simply the usual modicum of decency and determination would get a man through.

So softly you hear it now, Mary O'Meara, but soon it comes joyful and clear. And soon in the shadow and dew of your hilltop a star-guided footfall rings near. My only beloved, I'm here.

You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too.

You may be GOD,...............but I am an ATHIEST !

Kau terpelajar, cobalah bersetia pada kata hati.

Saya selalu percaya--dan ini lebih merupakan sesuatu yang mistis--bahwa hari esok akan lebih baik dari hari sekarang.

Hidup tanpa harapan adalah hidup yang kosong

Dan doa-doa itu, apa artinya dia kalau bukan gerakan dari minus ke plus? Tahu kau apa artinya doa? Permohonan pada Tuhan, gerakan dari yang paling minus pada yang paling plus.

Kekuatan yang kita miliki mungkinlah tidak sebanding dengan ketidakadilan yang ada, tapi satu hal yang pasti: Tuhan tahu bahwa kita telah berusaha melawannya.

I will not close my eyes, neither those in my head nor those in my soul, as the ship carries me away, along with my future, my dreams, and my beliefs. Buru Island is no happy land somewhere; it's but a way station on my journey in life—though to believe even that much will require no small measure of hope.

All we can do is pray, Ma, pray. No, Child, these are the deeds of human beings. Planned by the brains of humans, and by the warped hearts of humans. It is to people we must speak our words. God has never sided with the defeated.

If people don't recognize such limits, God will make them realize His own way

Bagi mereka yang beriman, yang percaya pada Allah, tak ada sesuatupun di dunia ini dapat merusuhkan hati.

Berpendapat tanpa berpengetahuan hukuman mati bagi seorang calon brahmana. Dia takkan mungkin jadi brahmana yang bisa dipercaya.

Aku kira, setiap penulis yang jujur, akhir-kelaknya akan kecewa dan dikecewakan.

Dengarkan sahaya punya cerita. Cuma satu yang dikehendaki Allah, Mas Nganten, yaitu supaya orang ini baik. Buat itu ada agama. Buat itu orang-orang berkiblat kepada-Nya. Tapi nyatanya kehendak Allah yang satu itu itu saja tidak seluruhnya terpenuhi. Di dunia ini terlalu banyak orang jahat.

A good author, Mr. Minke, should be able to provide his readers with some joy, not a false joy, but some faith that life is beautiful. While suffering is man-made, and not some natural disaster, then it can surely be resisted by men. Give hope to your readers, to your fellow countrymen.