Quotes on Faith

Belief is the death of intelligence.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death.

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

The key to faith is love. We believe only if we love. Trust is the middle term; only if we love, do we trust; and only if we trust, do we believe.

We do not do good works to get into heaven; we do good works because heaven has gotten to us.

Know that when you seek anything of your own, you will never find God, because you do not seek God purely. You are seeking something along with God, and you are acting just as if you were to make a candle out of God in order to look for something with it. Once one finds the things one is looking for, one throws the candle away. This is what you are doing.