Richard Rohr Quotes

True faith is not a leap into the dark; it's a leap into the light

Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.

We just need some faith.

We know that there must be a purpose out there. But for us to actually live according to that purpose, we need to first look for it. To actually look for it, you need to start believing in something you can't see yet. That is faith. Faith is...Full Assurance In The Heart.

Faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me.

The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you.

What does it mean to believe rather than to know? To surrender to something that's not fact but faith?

There is a fine line between faith and confidence. Confidence has a self-reliance. Faith is really about giving in.

Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.

Understanding is the wages of faith.

We operate by faith, which means that we have confidence in what God says, whether we fully understand it or not

The river delights to lift us free, if only we dare let go.

Faith does not ask for possible things; it demands impossible.

I had faith, and if I had faith I couldn't worry.

Faith is a leap into the light, not a step into the darkness.

Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.

Nothing before, nothing behind; The steps of faith Fall on the seeming void, and find The Rock beneath.

Take a chance on faith - not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.