faith

"The worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would mean; starting a life with you, without Him.Julia to Charles"

"In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous."

"Through the darkest hours of the nightand through the dreamers realm I seek,Far beyond the starry skyand beyond galaxies I am free.Through the grimmest memoriesand past a seasons air I cannot breathe,Far beyond this mortal worldin an afterlife we shall meet."

"Does trust have to be earned. Or is it simply a matter of faith?"

"Faith is a marvel, and yet no human being is excluded from it; for that in which all human life is united is passion, and faith is a passion."

"When in darkness....strike a match"

"The problem that we are facing in the church today is that we have so many Christians who have made a decision to believe in Jesus but not a commitment to follow Him. We have people who are planning to, meaning to, trying to, wanting to, going to, we just don't have people who are doing it."

"It's because we have little faith that we look within instead of without."

"You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been."

"ضع في يدي القيد ألهب أضلعيبالسوط ضع عنقي على السكينلن تستطيع حصار فكري ساعةأو محو إيماني و نور يقينيفالنور في قلبي و قلبي في يديربي و ربي ناصري و معنيني"

"The majority of my patients consisted not of believers but of those who had lost their faith."

"I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich."

"The more you delve into science, the more it appears to rely on faith."

"The geometry of judgment is a circle. Hate is a snake that turns to consume itself from the tail, a circle that diminishes to a point, then to nothing. Pride is such a snake, and envy, and greed. Love, however, is a hoop, a wheel, that rolls on forever. We are rescued by those whom we have rescued. The saved become the saviors of their saviors."

"We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith."

"Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life."

"Break my heart for what breaks yoursEverything I am for Your Kingdom's causeAs I walk from earth into eternity"

"[at CMC West Coast 2011, on 1 Samuel 14] If just a few of you would step up and be like Jonathan ... as you step out in faith, you know what's going to happen? There'll be people like Saul who'll say, "God's doing something through that guy, God's doing something through that girl. I want to be a part of that."

"Of course you don't believe in fairies. You're fifteen. You think I believed in fairies at fifteen? Took me until I was at least a hundred and forty. Hundred and fifty, maybe. Anyway, he wasn't a fairy. He was a librarian. All right?"

"Da used to say that lies were easy, but trust was hard. Trust is like faith: it can turn people into believers, but every time it's lost, trust becomes harder and harder to win back."