#religious

Amida's unimpeded light is the sun of wisdom that destroys the mind of darkness. (Preface in Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment) ↗

— Kentetsu Takamori

#inspiration #religious #faith

Religious fundamentalism, magical thinking and self-delusion, have been justifications for some of the most horrific atrocities in human history. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#religious #trust #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

If God himself can't save this world without sacrifice... how can we? ↗

— Matthew Tysz

#religious-faith #sacrifice #faith

Should one continue to follow the faith of a group that's cast him out? Shouldn't it stand to reason that if he was true to that faith that the group should have been true to him? Is it unreasonable to ask forgiveness of one who is all-forgiving? ↗

— T.A. Miles

#exile #faith #knight #religion #religious-order

Don't let anyone look down on you because you're young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity. ↗

— 1 Timothy 4:12

#faith

Тогава си счел всички земни придобивки за нищо. И сега недей да милееш за нищо. Имай готовност, като захвърлиш всичко, да останеш гол. ↗

— Святитель Феофан Затворник

#philosophy #religious #spirtual #faith

The difference between going where you are needed and going where you are called is purely based upon diligent prayer and the leading of the Holy Spirit. ↗

— M.J. Stoddard

#inspirational #m-j-stoddard-quotes #religious-faith #faith

Being a monk was the strangest and most perverted way of life imaginable. Monks spent half their lives putting themselves through pain and discomfort that they could easily avoid, and the other half muttering meaningless mumbo jumbo in empty churches at all hours of the day and night. They deliberately shunned anything good—girls, sports, feasting and family life. ↗

— Ken Follett

#monks #religious-practices #family

My lovely shining fragile broken house is filled with flowers and founded on a rock. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#inspirational