#ran

The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be believed only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance, called faith. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#bliss #christ #eternity #faith #ignorance

Bran,” I sob. “You have to go.” He just smiles. “Bran! You must!” Again the smile. He won't leave. He'll be my faithful friend forever. He'd rather die by my side than skip free without me. I return the smile. “Very well,” I sigh and reach out a hand. Bran takes it, expecting only my touch. But what he gets on top of that is the last of my magic. A swift, improvised spell. I reach into his mind and send an image into his thoughts, of the hole, him dashing out of it, racing through the cave and not coming back. And then, with all the magical force I can muster, I yell at him— “Run fast! ↗

— Darren Shan

#bran #magic #run-fast #faith

You are mine, woman, and I am yours. Until you, my life was desolate. I existed, but I didn't truly live. Now I live, even in my death. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#romance #death

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction. ↗

— Criss Jami

#certainty #confidence #conviction #definition #faith

He would never exhort the faithful to persevere if he were not ready to give them the power to do so. ↗

— St. Francis de Sales

#perseverance #faith

Si hay sufrimiento hay vida, y si hay vida nos queda el consuelo de la esperanza ↗

— Renato Gomez Herrera

#faith #hope #suffering #sufrimiento #vida

Faith is belief without proof. Faith is fine, but don't call it science. ↗

— Loyd Auerbach

#science #faith

What our Heavenly Father wants us to do about our spiritual failures is like what our earthly father wants us to do about our earthly failures. When we fall off the horse, or the bike, or the high road to Heaven, we must simply climb on again as soon as we are aware of the fact that we have fallen off, rather than sitting there stewing in self-pity or self-hatred. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#faith #god #humilty #perseverance #trust

The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi. ↗

— George Catlin

#character #different #enter #felt #manner

God did not mean us to be ignorant. He left us this marvelous universe to decipher and understand. ↗

— James Targett

#god #ignorance #knowledge #marvels #universe