#Faith

"What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts."

"Poetry in a Bottle [10w] If you could bottle poetry you'd have one addictive drink."

"If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience."

"Small Degrees Lobster don't fathom they're being cooked,like relationships being snuffed out in small degreesbut in reverse, as love begins to freeze over, trapping you in a impenetrable ceiling of ice until you drown."

"Little faith sees God's hand in great things. Established faith sees God's hand in little things."

"Ineffable Poetry A good poem goes beyond the physics of our world;it can't be quantified; it's an ineffable voice that speak directly to our soul,bypassing the laws of this world."

"Melting Icicles Haiku Drip, drip, Drip, drip, Drip:Sounds of melting iciclesannouncing the Spring"

"Sometimes when you lose your way, you find YOURSELF."

"For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God."

"People will always notice something about you. It might be the way you walk or the way you talk, or just simply your personality. Live each day in the way you want to be remembered. Live in such a way that people will be inspired by those unique qualities that you have and strive to live better lives for themselves."

"It seems to me some people just go around lookin' to get their faith unsettled. That has been the fashion for the last hundred years or so."

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

"What was love, really? Flowers, chocolate, and poetry? Or was it something else? Was it being able to finish someone's jokes? Was it having absolute faith that someone was there at your back? Was it knowing someone so well that they instantly understood why you did the things you did—and shared those same beliefs?"

"Love and respect all people. Hate and destroy all faith."

"No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, don't ever, ever, ever lose hope!"

"[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."

"God is so immense that if he were 'too visible,' people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there."

"The more I read arguments for atheism, the more I am convinced it takes a very strong faith to be an atheist. And atheism seems to me the least reasonable of all faiths."

"The 2-Step Self-Discovery Program The first step in self-discovery is not giving a shit what anybody else thinks.The second step is knowing you're a self-centered asshole."

"Don’t fear challenges. They often give us the opportunity to strengthen our courage, faith, and inner strength."