Harold B. Lee Quotes

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

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

There are those who want to believe but can't, and there are those who believe as children and it's no problem for them at all.

All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion; and I felt something like indecision.

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

I was never argued out of faith; it was much more passive than that - and I wasn't argued back in, either.

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

Faith is important to me.

My driving force is spirituality.

I have a very strong spiritual base.

I live by faith and not sight.

Ultimately, it is only the witness who convinces people, not the teacher.

There are few people who think what a solemn thing it is to be a Christian. I guess there is not a believer in the world who knows what a miracle it is to be kept a believer.

Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real.

All hope is prayer; who calls it hope no more, Sends prayer footsore forth over weary wastes, While he who calls it prayer, gives wings to hope.

A man lives by believing something.

Faith always shows itself in the whole personality.

I walk by faith, not by sight.

I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by talking about it.

Your personal testimony, however meaningful it is to you, is not the gospel.

By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist.

Faith: The opposite of dogmatism.

My fear is greater than my faith, but I walk the missionary way.

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.