Quotes about Faith Inquiry

Mitt Romney

I don't mind that people have questions and would look for someone to respond to their questions, particularly if their faith is not terribly well-known.

George MacDonald

"But if God is so good as you represent Him, and if He knows all that we need, and better far than we do ourselves, why should it be necessary to ask Him for anything?" I answer, "What if He knows prayer to be the thing we need first and most? What if the main object in God's idea of prayer be the supplying of our great, our endless need - the need of Himself?"

Dan Brown

I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.

R. C. Sproul

The question is not, "Why is there only one way to God?" but "Why is there even one way?"

Samuel Morse

What God hath wrought?

Gloria Steinem

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

Billy Corgan

Even if you don't believe in God, exploring fully the idea of a god or gods should pose no threat to you.

Tom Perrotta

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

Richard Holloway

On the whole, the Anglican Church gives a question for every answer.

Francis Thompson

Little Jesus, was Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me?

Miranda July

The word God asks a question and then answers it before there is any chance to wonder.

Frederick Buechner

ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, 'What is the answer?' Then, after a long silence, 'What is the question?' Don't start looking in the Bible for the answers it gives. Start by listening for the questions it asks.

Muammar Qaddafi

Why don’t you become a Moslem?

Michael the Syrian

The [Ottoman] Turks, having no idea of the sacred mysteries… were not accustomed to inquire into professions of faith or to persecute anyone on that account

In one of the historical ironies of the 12th century, a Christian sect preferred the rule of the Muslims than their Christian brethren—on the grounds of religious tolerance. It illustrates the changes that take place over time. By the 21st century, it was the Christians who were thought of as tolerant and the Muslims as the opposite.

Jonathan Safran Foer

I'm deeply curious about Jewish things. I've toyed around with the idea of going to rabbinical school.

Paula White

I have great concern, but my concern is probably not what most people would think it would be.My concern is why is our faith being targeted as part of this inquiry when there are laws on the books and there is legal jurisdiction any time there is abuse in financial handling?

Faith Inquiry Quotes