Fred Melamed Quotes

God never does anything wrong. He knows what is best for me. No man can understand God, or know why He deals with us as He does.

Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

I believe any question that man can ask has a reasonable answer-at least an answer that is as consistent with God's existence as it is in opposition to God's existence.

I went into a church and simply said, 'Goodbye.' It is the terrible unfairness of life. How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives? That is the question which finishes it for me.

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.

The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.

You, too, are loved by the Lord, just as were the disciples of old. You are loved more than you will ever know. He wants you to be successful in your life's mission! You don't have to face the experiences of this life alone, nor have you been sent here to fail.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.

I have come to know a God of compassion and mercy and love.

I believe that there is some spiritual entity that's greater than us. I do not belong to any specific organized religion. I have always believed that, and I believe it even more so now. I believe that someone was listening to me, and someone is giving me an incredibly blessed life.

God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.

God has a plan for everybody's life, so there was obviously a reason why He wanted me to go to Notre Dame. Everything happens for a reason.

God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision.

When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.

A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should. Every parent has that with children. God is merciful.

I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time.