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She wondered how a man could look into a woman’s eyes and lie so completely, so convincingly. She wondered how he could have looked and not seen the love that had glowed there, the blind faith, the unconditional devotion. She wondered how he would sleep at night, knowing he had betrayed her so effortlessly. ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#historical #love #romance #faith

Peter must have thought, "Who am I compared to Mr. Faithfulness (John)?" But Jesus clarified the issue. John was responsible for John. Peter was responsible for Peter. And each had only one command to heed: "Follow Me." (John 21:20-22) ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#comparison #jesus-christ #leadership #peter #faith

In any war, there are calms between storms. There will be days when we lose faith. Days when our allies turn against us...but the day will never come that we forsake this planet and its people. ↗

— Optimus Prime

#epicness #inspirational #faith

It's one of the great temptations, you see--wanting to prove the strength of your own faith by making others believe what you believe. It shows you're right. But it doesn't prove anything of the sort. All it proves is that you're condescending and arrogant and good at doing what half-decent actors can do, or advertising agents, or pop stars, or politicians, or con men, or any of the professional persuaders. They sell illusions. And that's all they do. And they feel good when they succeed. That's what their lives depend on. Which isn't true about religion. Or shouldn't be. Your belief shouldn't depend on what other people think about it. And it certainly should not depend on whether other people believe the same as you. ↗

— Aidan Chambers

#faith

When God has specially promised the thing, we are bound to believe we shall recieve it when we pray for it. You have no right to put in an 'if', and say, 'Lord, if it be thy will..." This is to insult God. To put an 'if' in God's promise when God has put none there, is tantamount to charging God with being insincere. ↗

— Charles Grandison Finney

#god #prayer #faith

Anti-intellectualism remains strongly entrenched in many parts of the church, but it is grounded in fear, not in faith. (p. 19) ↗

— Robin R. Meyers

#faith #faith

Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined ↗

— Molière

#reason #faith

For God opens the doors of truth to him who knocks with the hand of faith ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

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Screw it -- the house needed cleansing with cock's blood and chanting. ↗

— Tere Michaels

#faith

The test of faith is whether I can make space for difference. Can I recognize God's image in someone who is not in my image, who language, faith, ideal, are different from mine? If I cannot, then I have made God in my image instead of allowing him to remake me in his. ↗

— Jonathan Sacks

#god #religion #tolerance #faith