God calls us, just as he called Abraham, away from the security we knew, out of our old, familiar, little room, down the ladder of faith and into his arms. Jesus called his disciples that way - just as a lover elopes with his beloved.
When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.
Miracles prove nothing except to those whose faith is bought very cheap, sir.
Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
Today, in Mexico, they speak 65 languages, counting the indigenous languages, 65. It is a people of great faith. They have also suffered religious persecution.
Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.
Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions-only variations.
Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor.
There's no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune.
There is no such thing as a faithless person; we either have faith in the power of love, or faith in the power of fear. For faith is an aspect of consciousness. Have faith in love, and fear will lose its power over you. Have faith in forgiveness, and your self-hatred will fall away. Have faith in miracles, and they will come to you.
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God. . . and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.
I always have faith that something's going to happen good for you, and it going to happen.
There are serious mistakes - among them the one saying that Jesus came as a messenger for other people other than the sons of Israel. . . Christianity is not a faith for people in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Other people who are not sons of Israel have nothing to do with that religion. . . It is a mistake that another religion exists alongside Islam. There is only one religion which is Islam after Mohammed. . . All those believers who do not follow Islam are losers.
He knows what He is doing with me. I cannot always understand His way, but I am content in the realization that He knows what is best. That is surrender.
Violence against even one human being is violence against all.
O Priest! Take care lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you: He saved others, himself he cannot save!
Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.
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.
A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce inconclusive reasons and offer occasion for unbelievers to scoff at a faith based on such ground.
Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.
