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Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.
What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a new world but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion.
Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-
The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.
Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.
Make us eternal truths receive, And practice all that we believe: Give us thyself, that we may see The Father and the Son, by thee.
Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works already.
Your soul must hold fast to Him, you must follow after Him in your thoughts, you must tread His ways by faith, not in outward show.
In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.
My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Believers should acknowledge and wrestle with doubts... It is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them.
God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible - what a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves.
The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself.
At all costs we must re-establish faith in spiritual values. We must worship something beyond ourselves, lest we destroy ourselves.
Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.
If you have faith in our leaders of commerce, don't buy gold. If you do not have faith in them, maybe you should buy gold or silver.
You can certainly destroy enough of humanity so that only the greatest act of faith can persuade you that what's left will be human.
Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.
The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.
Everything is a gift from God: it is only by recognizing this crucial dependence on the Creator that we will find freedom and peace.
Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers.
Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence; faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences.
You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.
Beauty is the arrowhead of evangelization, the point with which the evangelist pierces the minds and hearts of those he evangelizes.
God wants the whole person and He will not rest till He gets us in entirety. No part of the man will do" (101) - "The Pursuit of God
Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!
Our God is abundant in love and steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior.
It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false.
Growing up in a New Jersey suburb, my Catholic faith was an important part of my young life, shaping the way I approached the world.
In this way, through experience they will be formed adequately, will be encouraged, and will be capable of rendering service to God.
It may look impossible, but God can do the impossible. Just because you don’t see anything happening doesn’t mean God is not working
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
God seeks us where we are, not so that we stay there, but so that we may come to be where He is, so that we may get beyond ourselves.
Creation is more than an accident of dead matter. It's a romance. It has purpose. It sings of the Living God. It bears his signature.
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.
Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.
The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.
You have to take a leap of faith before exposing yourself completely in terms of feelings and desires - especially if you're a woman.
Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.
I tend to say faith is believing in life, and as I love life, I try to do the best with it, make it as serene and joyous as possible.
Faith is a wondrous thing; it is not only capable of moving mountains, but also of making you believe that a herring is a race horse.
With eternal faith in Him, set fire to the mountain of misery that has been heaped upon India for ages - and it shall be burned down.
A candidate's faith is not the only consideration, but should be a major consideration in electing the president of the United States.
Walking by faith will cause all of us to recognize that as children of God we are just pilgrims and strangers down here on this earth.
If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith.
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.