#los

But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, still, alone, more fragile, but with more vitality, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us, waiting and hoping for their moment, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unfaltering, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#literature #memory #proust #faith

I can't begin to guess her story, except that there were undoubtedly two times or three, when what had happened to her was grievously at odds with what she had expected - so grievously at odds that any return to the faith or the patterns of the time before the event became impossible. ↗

— Deirdre McNamer

#faith

Tell me one last thing," said Harry. "Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?" Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real? ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#dumbledore #knowledgeable #mind #philosophy #reality

Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality. ↗

— L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#philosophy #faith

...only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#questions #faith

И на съвършените съвършенството е несъвършено. Св. Иоан Лествичник ↗

— Преподобный Никодим Святогорец

#philosophy #religious #spirtual #faith

Христовият мир е свобода от греха, а мирът на света е свобода на греха... ↗

— Схиархимандрит Касиан

#philosophy #religious #spirtual #faith

Heated is what you get when you rub faith and instinct together. ↗

— Cornelia "Connie D." DeDona

#faith

the inlet our friend looks as he did when we first knew him, and until I wake I believe I will die of grief, for I know that this boy grew into a man who was a faithful friend who died. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#memory #poetry #faith

Науката казва докажи ми и ще повярвам, а вярата казва повярвай и ще ти докажа! ↗

— Схиархимандрит Касиан

#philosophy #religious #spirtual #faith