#tru

God is merciful to those who want to love Him and who have placed their hopes in Him. ↗

— St. Francis de Sales

#god #trust #faith

It must not be forgotten that reason too needs to be sustained in all its searching by trusting dialogue and sincere friendship. A climate of suspicion and distrust, which can beset speculative research, ignores the teaching of the ancient philosophers who proposed friendship as one of the most appropriate contexts for sound philosophical enquiry. ↗

— John Paul II

#friendship #philosophy #reason #trust #truth

With faith, you may get stuck in a very big lie and may lose the truth forever; but with doubt, you can always reach the truth! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#faith

Scholars of the East and West have heroically consecrated their whole working lives to making available, by means of their own disciplines, Sufi literary and philosophical material to the world at large. In many cases they have faithfully recorded the Sufis' own reiteration that the Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning. ↗

— Idries Shah

#love #reality #sufis #sufism #truth

Never does our good God leave us save to hold us better; never does He let go of us save to keep us better; never does He wrestle with us save to give Himself up to us and to bless us. ↗

— St. Francis de Sales

#god #trust #faith

Faith looks to God, hopes in God, and believes in His promises, regardless of our actual circumstances. ↗

— Wendy Blight

#faith #god #religion #trust #truth

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

Faithfulness: where faith is full of necessary trusts! ↗

— Munia Khan

#faithful #faithfulness #trust #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

The power of His gentleness..In the Eye of Deception - This is my story. ↗

— Nikki Rosen

#faith #god #hope #love #truth