Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

I’m going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any circumstances.

Belief creates the actual fact.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

I believe in God – not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.

Creation is a miracle of daily recurrence. ‚A miracle a minute‘ would not be a bad slogan for God.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

Men freely believe that which they desire.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

Each daughter of God is of infinite worth because of her divine mission.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

I’ve learned through my own relationship with God that He’s not expecting me to be perfect; He wants me to do my best to be in His will and take steps of faith as He leads me, through His Word and the promptings He speaks to my heart.

Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops… If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in this world.

My mother told me, ‚Son, nobody else but God knows.‘ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

If you have faith in our leaders of commerce, don’t buy gold. If you do not have faith in them, maybe you should buy gold or silver.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

God looks after children, animals and idiots.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

In the same way the sun never grows weary of shining, nor a stream of flowing, it is God’s nature to keep His promises. Therefore, go immediately to His throne and say, ‚Do as You promised.‘

I’m an atheist, and the concept of god for me is all part of what I call ‚the last illusion.‘ The last illusion is someone knows what is going on. Nearly everyone has that illusion somewhere, and it manifests not only in the terms of the idea that there is a god but that it knows what’s going on but that the planets know what’s going on.

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I’m wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

Searching for music is like searching for God. They’re very similar. There’s an effort to reclaim the unmentionable, the unsayable, the unseeable, the unspeakable, all those things, comes into being a composer and to writing music and to searching for notes and pieces of musical information that don’t exist.

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

The word ‚God‘ usually signifies ‚Lord‘, but every lord is not a God. It is the dominion of a spiritual being which constitutes a God: a true, supreme, or imaginary dominion makes a true, supreme, or imaginary God.

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.

Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

In legal language, a covenant generally denotes an agreement between two or more parties. But in a religious context, a covenant is much more significant. It is a sacred promise with God. He fixes the terms.

Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.

Here’s something that’s contrary to popular belief: I actually don’t like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don’t. I do not like to think at all.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.

God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

God’s mercy and grace give me hope – for myself, and for our world.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

God’s first creature, which was light.

Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.

I think I’m like most people – we fear the unknown and the things that have yet to come to pass, which are the very things that don’t deserve to be feared. When you give God complete control, it’s very hard not to be fearless.