A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
Writing reminds you of how much there is in your life that stands outside your explanations. In that way, it's almost a journey into faith and doubt at once.
Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.
My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.
Religion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness.
I think that 'Little Angels' provides the gateway into that conversation about faith and about the Lord and about God's love for us. Remembering that the angels are just the messengers and the message is the message of love.
I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order.
It is something that is called MDS. It is a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow. I'm going to beat this. My doctors say it and my faith says it.
Without faith that there's a world beyond the one we live in, I don't see how it's possible to get rid of angst.
I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.
Faith may be encouraged by what has happened in the past, or what is thought to have happened in the past, but the only proof of it is in the future.
My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway.
The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.
One thing I love about Josh Turner is his faith; that's why I looked up to him so much.
The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.
Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
I have faith in the justice system, and what will happen will happen. I'm just trying to do the right thing.
My faith helped me stay grounded in defeat and victory, to not get too excited about the successes and too low about the failures.
Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.
Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done.
