Quotes About Understanding

He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

That which enters the mind through reason can be corrected. That which is admitted through faith, hardly ever.

We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in my own country.

I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Faith comes by hearing all the Word, not just preferred sections.

Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests.

Today's marginalization of Christianity is a direct result of our failure to understand our faith as a total worldview.

Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.

Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.

You get faith by studying the Word. Study that Word until something in you "knows that you know" and that you do not just hope that you know.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

Nor is it credible that any one should possess so little understanding as to desire the faith and yet be destitute of the most necessary faculty to enable him to receive it.

Unshakable faith is only that which can face reason in all human epochs.

We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to "like" one another.

Faith consists in believing not what seems true, but what seems false to our understanding.

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

You have to have a little faith in people.

Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.

Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.

The greatest mistake is in not being aware that others are Christ. There are very many people who will not discover it until their last day.

The world cannot always understand one's profession of faith, but it can understand service.

Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know.