Quotes on Faith

You just have to have a simple faith.

Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

God save us from living in comfort while sinners are sinking into hell!

My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.

You will never understand who you are until you understand who God is.

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the Spirit is the key and Christ is the reason.

Beauty is the arrowhead of evangelization, the point with which the evangelist pierces the minds and hearts of those he evangelizes.

He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.

It is not so essential to think much as to love much.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend.

Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.

Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that nods on the end of its stalk in the wind that does not preach and proclaim the greatness and the mercy of God to the whole world.

Faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something.

The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.