Quotes on Faith

For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in ourselves but comes to us from beyond ourselves, which does not arise on earth but comes from heaven.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

A garden really lives only insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope and a song of praise.

Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me.

Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying

A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

The downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as each faith tries to protect its doctrines and institution instead of nurturing the evolution of consciousness. If one is not careful to distinguish the genuine insights of a religion from its irrelevant accretions, one can go through life following an inappropriate moral compass.

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because he sees hell yawn suddenly behind him, not only regains confidence when his scare is over, but is ashamed of himself for being scared, and often becomes more hopelessly and malignantly wicked than he was before.

Cleave to no faith when faith brings blood.

Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees.

Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that Fate allows you.

Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue_x000D_ _x000D_ That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold_x000D_ _x000D_ Which Milton held.

Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Faith is the fountain, the foundation and the fosterer of obedience.

Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. How is it possible that society should escape destruction if the moral tie is not strengthened in proportion as the political tie is relaxed? And what can be done with a people who are their own masters if they are not submissive to the Deity?

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.

Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can't read the address.