#is

Could there be any doubt that the Jews would seek to harm the Son of God again, knowing that his body was now readily accessible in the form of defenseless crackers? ↗

— Sam Harris

#catholicism #christian #christianity #god #jesus-christ

...art must must carry man's craving for the ideal, must be an expression of his reaching out towards it; that art must give man hope and faith. And the more hopeless the world in the artist's version, the more clearly perhaps must we see the ideal that stands in opposition - otherwise life becomes impossible! Art symbolises the meaning of our existence. ↗

— Andrei Tarkovsky

#existence #faith #hope #art

Some people say it is a shame. Others even imply that it would have been better if the baby had never been created. But the short time I had with my child is precious to me. It is painful to me, but I still wouldn't wish it away. I prayed that God would bless us with a baby. Each child is a gift, and I am proud that we cooperated with God in the creation of a new soul for all eternity. Although not with me, my baby lives. ↗

— Christine O'Keeffe Lafser

#faith #grief #infant-death #miscarriage #sids

Living in a world such as this is like dancing on a live volcano. ↗

— Kentetsu Takamori

#buddhism #faith #japan #life #religion

The five points of yama, together with the five points of niyama, remind us of the Ten Commandments of the Christtian and Jewish faiths, as well as of the ten virtues of Buddhism. In fact, there is no religion without these moral or ethical codes. All spiritual life should be based on these things. They are the foundation stones without which we can never build anything lasting. (127) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#christianity #dharma #ethics #judaism #niyama

Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... Continue seeking Him with seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#christ #christianity #faith #god #hope

Faith is a luxury for those who are able to ignore what the rest of us must see every day. Pessimism, distrust, and irony are the holy trinity of my religion, irony in particular. ↗

— Brando Skyhorse

#faith #irony #pessimism #religion #trinity

A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He cultivates the ground, he plants the seed, he waters the plants, and then the natural forces of the earth take over and up comes the grain...This is the way it is with the Spiritual Disciplines - they are a way of sowing to the Spirit... By themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do nothing; they can only get us to the place where something can be done. ↗

— Richard J. Foster

#faith #god #growing #jesus #faith

Your mind can't control what your heart wants. The heart hasn't anything to do with what's logical. It just wants love. ↗

— Erika Zakariasson

#inspiration #inspirational #life #love #romance

This was the door to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-everdeen #sanity