Nicolas Malebranche Quotes

Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.

Faith is the response to something which is calling us from the timeless part of our reality.

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

If you're so afraid of your imagination that you stifle it, how are you going to know God? How can you imagine heaven?

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.

If you're going to vote for somebody because you think they have a great faith in God, you'd better be sure that God has faith in them.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

I wish I could help everyone to understand this one simple fact: we believe in God because of things we know with our heart and mind, not because of things we do not know. Our spiritual experiences are sometimes too sacred to explain in worldly terms, but that doesn't mean they are not real.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

To those who believe but wish their belief to be strengthened, I urge you to walk in faith and trust in God. Spiritual knowledge always requires an exercise of faith.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

I love to have confidence, but that confidence doesn't come from myself. It comes from God, and that's what I wanted America to see.

Faith is a continuation of reason.

For Christians, faith is a precious good, the most valuable personal and social resource. When it is left untapped, the common good suffers - not just the particular interests of Christians.

Faith is a higher faculty than reason.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith accepts no commands. It accepts only what comes to it by way of reasoned conviction.

I follow my gut and the prompting of my spirit in all things, small and big.