Huston Smith Quotes

I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.

The greatest adventure in life - knowing God - begins at the Cross of Christ and ends with a "Hallelujah!"

Holiness is not the way to Christ. Christ is the way to holiness.

I'm not an evangelist Christian at all. I can't try to convert anybody. It's not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an appreciation of people and meaningful relationships, and a world view which I didn't have before. And although I will fail every day, it gives me something to aspire to.

I'm walking this walk, and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?

At a certain point, I felt the need to submit to a higher level of religiosity... to move away from my intuition and to accept an ultimate truth. I felt that in order to become a good person, I needed rules - lots of them - or else I would somehow fall apart. I am reclaiming myself. Trusting my goodness and my divine mission.

I can honestly say I am a Christian, but my spirituality has been developed on the road and is based on my experiences with God.

I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.

I felt the Lord at a young age. And it was one of those things where that seed was planted, you know, when I was a kid.

I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside.

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.

True navigation begins in the human heart. It's the most important map of all.

Islam is about finding your own space.

I've always said that God will somehow enlighten me.

I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.

Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.

I connected to this idea of faith and spirituality and religion and Christianity being a very strong crux of who I am at the core and how a lot of what we think and believe is based around our spiritual beliefs.

I wanted to be baptized as an adult, confirming my faith and my beliefs. It was also a way for me to consciously thank God and Jesus for everything in my life.

I feel like God is just telling me what I need to do, and He's showing me the light.

The relation of redemption and sanctification would be the ongoing relationship between the driver and God who is directing her. Now, if God isn't directing him, he may go wild and do all sorts of things criminal and crazy.

When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities.

In the Book of Acts faith was for each believer a beginning, not an end; it was a journey, not a bed in which to lie while waiting for the day of our Lord's triumph. Believing was not a once-done act; it was more than an act, it was an attitude of heart and mind which inspired and enabled the believer to take up his cross and follow the Lamb whithersoever He went.

If we have trouble hearing Him, He will faithfully work in our lives until we are pointed in the direction He wants us to go.

If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.