Quotes about "Faith & Spirituality"

I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments. ”

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. ”

Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light. ”

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it. ”

I don't trust novels with points, do you? If a novel is only about a point, the writer should just say it in as few words as possible so we can take it in and go back to watching 'The Bachelor' on television. ”

I have absolutely no confidence in the Ferguson police, the county prosecutor. ”

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought. ”

A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions. ”

Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it. ”

In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts. ”