Religion / Beliefs Quotes ( 100 - 110 of 289 )
A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is read more
A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle -- pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.'.
Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. read more
Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary skill to move mountains there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is read more
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and extremism, for we have to convince ourselves that what we took as second choice is the best there ever was. Thus blind faith is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves; insatiable desire a substitute for hope; accumulation a substitute for growth; fervent hustling a substitute for purposeful action; and pride a substitute for an unattainable self-respect.
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part.
In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part.
If you think practicing what you preach is rough, just try preaching what you practice.
If you think practicing what you preach is rough, just try preaching what you practice.
Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.
Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.
