Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
I don't like accepting things at face value.
I was always one of those guys who was a seeker after truth. I want to know what's going on.
If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.
Anyone, without exception, can know God if they really want to simply by praying, by honestly telling Him that they want to know Him. He always responds to honest seekers. Jesus promised, 'All who seek, find.'
I became a Christian late, in my late 30s, so I had a lot of things that I was bringing into my Christian life that I regret. And I had a lot of questions about faith, so that's where I start when I write.
People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers.
I pursue God on a daily basis, I'm not stepping into oblivion.
Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.
Prayer is not a substitute for work. First we have to do all we can ourselves to understand a situation. Then when we ask for help, sometimes it is very evident, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes we may well be helped by not getting a decision.
It is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence in this matter. And if I can learn what is I will do it.
I've never felt the breath of God - you can take that statement literally or metaphorically - more than when I was yearning for a personal, intimate connection to something bigger than me.
I have figured out that you never completely figure it out.
Tell me, O wise man, how hast thou come to know so astonishingly much? By never being ashamed to ask of those that knew!
I was born in Hoboken. I am an American. Photography is my passion. The search for Truth my obsession.
There have been times when you doubt yourself. You don't know if you're working on the right things.
You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.
If you don't have much passion, well, get on your face and pray for the passion and get into the word of God. That's what I've been sharing. That's the whole concept.
In the early days I had a very black-and-white view of everything. I think that's kind of natural for anyone who's just embraced Islam - or any religion - as a convert. It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood.
There's never nothing wrong with taking the right advice.
God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.
Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.
There's an old saying that God exists in your search for him. I just want you to understand that I ain't looking.
Always the journey, never the destination.
