Religion Quotes

Strange are the pictures of the future that mankind can thus draw with this brush of faith and these many-coloured pigments of the imagination! Strange, too, that no one of them tallies with another!

~ H. Rider Haggard

Should one continue to follow the faith of a group that's cast him out? Shouldn't it stand to reason that if he was true to that faith that the group should have been true to him? Is it unreasonable to ask forgiveness of one who is all-forgiving?

~ T.a. Miles

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith. -Miguel de Unamuno, philosopher and writer (1864-1936)

~ Miguel De Unamuno

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983)

~ Jose Bergamin

I loved my father, but I was not like him. I never needed to believe the best of people. I took them as they were: two-faced, desperate, kind - perhaps all at once. But to Pa, they were all children of god, poor troubled sheep, who only needed love and an even break. He needed the world to back up what his religion told him about people. And when it came down to a choice between reason and faith, he let go of reason.

~ Marcel Theroux

Faith belongs to the human spirit. Faith is faith. Humanity is divided by religion, religion is the divider of humanity. If every human could be removed of their blindfolds and see that faith is in itself faith and that this is something which belongs to each and every human being, then at that time the dividers of religion will suddenly mean nothing and we will all see that we are united by faith in and of itself. There is only one faith and it is called faith. And no man needs to prove to another man that what he believes in exists, because even if it does not exist, his faith is his belief that it is there, that something is there, and that in itself is faith. So I do not need to prove to any man that what I believe in exists or not, there is no such contest between man, my faith breathes in the body of my belief; the fact that I believe is the breath of my faith.

~ C. Joybell C.

Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith. (Br. Cadfael)

~ Ellis Peters

Many things the gods achieve beyond our judgement,' said the sorrowful girl. 'What we thought is not confirmed and what we thought not God contives.

~ John Irving

In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid.

~ Andrew Sullivan

Faith, he had learned that night in front of the flickering television, was most glorious when it was most untouched by reason.

~ Michael Thomas Ford

One faith, one family.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

To reject the Word of God is to forsake the holy grace.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It's nice to know in my life Jesus is behind me. There have been times when I thought that I was going through my struggle myself. I was resentful of anyone that was happy around me since I was bitter that I had to go through , what I felt to be, a very unbearable trial. It was a good relief to know that I could talk to Jesus about my problems when I felt like I had no one else to talk to. It was comforting to know that He understood my dilemma when others couldn't.

~ Sunshine Rodgers

Jesus Christ died to save all mankind.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We don't even know we are family of faith?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We are one in spirit of faith of love.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Unblessed are the hypocrites who are proud of their Christianity but fear the devil.

~ Robin Sacredfire

Some beliefs are so strongly held that some believers are ready to lose their heads rather than the belief they carry therein

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Whoever knows God, depart from evil.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The sole sacred duty is to fear God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Whoever fear God , shun sin.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

To repent is depart from evil.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

To repent is to depart from evil.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Maladict had hallucinations, but Wazzer had a certainty you could bend steel around. It was the opposite of a hallucination, somehow. It was as if she could see what was real and you couldn't.

~ Terry Pratchett

Let it be admitted at once, mournful as the admission is, that every instinct in his intelligence went out at first to greet the new light. It had hardly done so, when a recollection of the opening chapter of 'Genesis' checked it at the outset.

~ Edmund Gosse

Whoever believed in Jesus Christ, shall be justified by faith in Son of God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Faith is a fertile field.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If we put faith in Christ Jesus, we are justified by faith in Christ.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I played my role as the good Christian girl and spared everyone the drama of an argument. But that decision to remain silent split me in two. It convinced me that I could never really be myself in church. That I had to check my heart and mind at the door.

~ Rachel Held Evans

Turns out, I wasn't the only one struggling with doubt. I wasn't the only one questioning my church's position on homosexuality and gender roles, and a whole host of other issues. I wasn't the only one who felt lonely on Sunday mornings.

~ Rachel Held Evans

The fear of God is a fierce faith.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We all know that there is a reward for every labour as well as there is a reward for every game played and won. How committed you are in life determines your reward.

~ Godspower Oparaugo

Risk is one of the qualities of any good decision. This is so because, decision itself is a risk. Therefore, making a decision literally means, taking a risk... In tracing the histories of successful men and women, the first thing to notice in their lives is risk.

~ Godspower Oparaugo

Sin is a shameful act.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If today is all you have to live, what will you do?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Reading the recipe of your grandma’s chicken soup will never compare to the taste. Seeing a magnificent sunset will never compare to somebody else’s description of that same sunset. Feeling the electrifying sensation of a passionate kiss will never compare to a second-hand account. Nothing replaces experience. If experience is at the heart of every religion, then theology points the way, practice gives us the vehicle, but we must take the steps if we want to personally explore our faith and reap experiences rather than rely solely on second-hand accounts.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

Experifaith is distinctly different from storyfaith. It does not provide answers to life’s big questions. Rather, it proposes a path of discovery through practice, where a person can come to his or her own conclusions. As such, it has more in common with the modern scientific method than storyfaith does, and, when practiced properly, experifaith is mostly verifiable within a community of practitioners.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

In an ideal world, both experifaith and storyfaith would provide spiritual aspirants of all faiths with guidance. Storyfaith would preserve tradition and teach morals through parables and examples. Experifaith would provide the blueprint for a personal path to follow. In the context of chocolate, storyfaith is a lecture about chocolate, including information about origins and fables about positive attributes, while experifaith is the literal act of tasting the chocolate.

~ Gudjon Bergmann

Rabbi, the great Teacher, Jesus Christ.

~ Laiah Gifty Akita