John Lewis Quotes

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

My parents instilled something greater than myself. They instilled faith in me.

I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are they necessarily inseparable? Is man really so much of a philosopher, that he can conceive of truth in its abstract purity, and divest life and the affections of all the aids of the imagination?

Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.

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

I have so many things to work on, and so many ways that I fail. But that's what grace is all about. And I constantly wake up every morning trying to get better, trying to improve, trying to walk closer to God.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.

I hope I'm a spiritual person. I'm trying to be a spiritual person.

When God saved me, He gave me a thirst to learn and to read and to study. I thrived in college. I got a bachelor's degree in philosophy and then went to Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.

I choose to believe that there is good in people and that everything is a lesson. Our place on Earth is to go deeper, to somehow get wiser. To have spirit.

It's disheartening to write goals from year to year, looking back only to see you are in the same place. You can make so many promises that you get sick of yourself, but what is it that God can't do?

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

The reason why I believe faith is important for a person is that it teaches you to trust.

A satyagrahi has infinite patience, abundant faith in others, and ample hope.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

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

Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.

My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.

I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through.