#lie

Lulled by stupefying illusions, the world is asleep in the cradle of infancy, dreaming away the hours. ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

#faith #illusions #infancy #life #sleep

Fear comes when faith left. ↗

— Zai

#inspiration #islam #faith

Religions are all living faiths and their essence does not consist in their externals such as rituals, methods of prayer, ceremonies, etc. It rather consist in the inner beliefs and convictions which they carry along with them and which give their followers a distinctive character and way of life. ↗

— Kedar Nath Tiwari

#religion #faith

All my life I have preserved in the depths of my heart a live faith in my Creator, the Defender of the World, in His Sanctifying Grace and in the expiatory sacrifice of Christ our Saviour, but never have I agreed that true religion demands outward manifestations. ↗

— Valery Bryusov

#religion #spirituality #faith

Nationalism is form of collective narcissism, where the citizens possess an inflated self-love of "their own people," to the exclusion of other human beings. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#faith #justification #religions #trust #faith

Panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations. ↗

— Charles Hartshorne

#deism #faith #god #logic #pandeism

I always believe in the magical things ... if you don't believe, you can't receive. ↗

— Maximilian Brunsdon

#faith #magic #faith

Eternity is not just looking to the future and our place with God in Heaven, but it is looking at our Eternity as if it were only moments away. ↗

— Beth Nimmo

#believe #inspiration #inspirational #jesus #jesus-christ

Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#resilience #faith

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith. ↗

— Alberto Moravia

#faith #insincerity #pretense #religion #faith