faith

"When we try to focus our thought upon One who is pure uncreated being we may see nothing at all, for He dwelleth in light that no man can approach unto. Only by faith and love are we able to glimpse Him as He passes by our shelter in the cleft of the rock."

"Your least favorite virtue, or nominee for the most overrated one? Faith. Closely followed—in view of the overall shortage of time—by patience."

"Two natures beat within my breastThe one is foul, the one is blessedThe one I love, the one I hate.The one I feed will dominate.-Anonymous"

"Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them."

"Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more."

"Your children are the greatest gift God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest responsibility He will place in your hands. Take time with them, teach them to have faith in God. Be a person in whom they can have faith. When you are old, nothing else you've done will have mattered as much."

"Although, I admit, I desire,Occasionally, some backtalkFrom the mute sky, I can't honestly complain:A certain minor light may stillLean incandescentOut of kitchen table or chairAs if a celestial burning tookPossession of the most obtuse objects now and then --"

"Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the light,even though for the moment you do not see."

"Man is manifestly not the measure of all things. This universe is shot through with mystery. The very fact of its being, and of our own, is a mystery absolute, and the only miracle worthy of the name."

"Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys."

"Perhaps it is our obligation to be noble before it is our obligation to be happy."

"It may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success. Faithful actions are not religious acts. They are not even necessary actions undertaken by people of faith. Faithful actions, whether they are marked by success or they end in failure, are actions that are compelled by goodness."

"While fear depletes power, faith gives wings for the soul’s elevation."

"To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune."

"I couldn't care less about evidence and proof and assurances. I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water."

"because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith."

"I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?"

"Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back."

"Faith is a fine inventionWhen gentlemen can see,But microscopes are prudentIn an emergency."

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