Faith Quotes - Page 12

My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way

Always listen to the voice of your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything.

A disciple: I am worried about human suffering all over the world. What is the solution?Spiritual leader: The solution to our miseries lie within central atom of our being, ‘I’. Once this central atom transcends to ‘WE’, human sufferings can be resolved.

The truth is, the Devil's job is easy.

That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.

... the mind was designed not to defend what we want, but to discover what is ultimately true, which should shape our wants and satisfy them more deeply with God. The purpose of the mind is not to rationalize subjective preferences, but to recognize objective reality and to help the heart revel in God.

Imani ni nia ya kujua kisichoweza kujulikana na hupeleka watu kwenye ukweli. Kuamini hupotosha, na ni nia ya kudharau kinachoweza kujulikana.

You have to believe what you're saying if you're going to convince me. I just can't break that rule, even if I want to.

Seit wir den Glauben und damit die Wahrheit verloren haben, liegt zwischen Heuchelei und Ehrlichkeit der letzte Unterschied, der uns bleibt.

The only truth was whatever you could make someone believe.

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.

I don't want to base my life on a symbol," he said resolutely. "I want reality, and the Christian faith has always been rooted in reality. What's not rooted in reality is the faith of liberal scholars. They're the ones who are following a pipe dream, but Christianity is not a pipe dream.

There's no guarantee of disaster-free in any world religion,
but love, faith and knowledge give men hope and willpower.

Truth without love, isn't.

It must not be forgotten that reason too needs to be sustained in all its searching by trusting dialogue and sincere friendship. A climate of suspicion and distrust, which can beset speculative research, ignores the teaching of the ancient philosophers who proposed friendship as one of the most appropriate contexts for sound philosophical enquiry.

I'm Grateful to say I'm Grateful

Faith can be interested in results only, for a truth once recognized as such puts an end to the believer's thinking.

Darkness entered into, darkness realized, is the point of departure for all profound expressions of Christian hope. 'Meaningless darkness' becomes 'revelatory darkness' when it is confronted by the courage of a thoughtfulness and hope that is born of faith's quest for truth.

Be true, unbeliever.

There are times when, that which we wish to be, will come to be, when we let it be.