Quotes of: Religious-faith Keyword

Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.

Mere Christianity

O Fiend, whose talisman was that fatal symbol, wouldst thou leave nothing, whether in youth or age, for this poor sinner to revere?—such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin.

The Scarlet Letter

Constitution of souls is beyond the comprehension of science. This is beyond reasoning.….faith starts where reasoning ends. Science of souls begins where science of body ends.

Some Mistakes Have No Pardon

I've heard it said of faith that first we jump, and then we grow wings. Integrity is like that too, I think. That's what you have to gain. The sacrifice turns into a gift that is priceless.

Snow rising

The stretching of your faith is immediate pain that results in ultimate gain. It is in the waiting that we become who we are meant to be.

The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

That’s the thing about fear. It can only hang around until faith enters the room, then it’s forced to flee.

The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

I wondered how far I should turn out faithful to that ideal conception of one's own personality every man sets up for himself secretly.

The Secret Sharer

Victory begins when we are willing to run by faith, trusting that he will lead the way.

Stressed-Less Living: Finding God's Peace in Your Chaotic World

We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

What must it be like to have such faith in the world, in plans, in your own ability to control your fate? It was contagious, that's what it was. I could not help it. I caught his hope like a plague.

Truth in the Dark

Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There was no sense of performance or judgment, only that the music was breath and food.

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus.

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking.

Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God

Some screw for science only in the afternoon, while others keep their faith with evening—here Orcutt chuckled—it's a matter of light, I understand, but which makes which I can't remember.

Omensetter's Luck

Casey was a faithful Christian filled with the spirit of the Christ; George is a hypocrite who says he is a Christian but then murders our brothers and sisters indiscriminately.

Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey through Heartache to Activism

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

The Pillars of the Earth

Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.

Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole.

Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

Yes, all you need do is to change your orientation and have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that He can make you whole, change your status, and add value to your destiny.

The Prince and the Pauper

Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always find them faithful.

The Prince

Christianity has been successfully attacked and marginalized… because those who professed belief were unable to defend the faith from attack, even though its attackers’ arguments were deeply flawed.

Real Christianity