Quotes about Conviction

Solitude Is Not Separation SOME men have perhaps become hermits with the thought that sanctity could only be attained by escape from other men. But the only justification for a life of deliberate solitude is the conviction that it will help you to love not only God but also other men. If you go into the desert merely to get away from people you dislike, you will find neither peace nor solitude; you will only isolate yourself with a tribe of devils.

Indeed, too often the weakest thing about our faith is the illusion that our faith is strong, when the "strength" we feel is only the intensity of emotion or of sentiment, which have nothing to do with real faith.

must become convinced and penetrated by the realization that without my love for them they may perhaps not achieve the things God has willed for them.

We believe, not because we want to know, but because we want to be.

The one thing that seems to me morally certain is that this was really a grace, and a great grace.

There is, in a word, nothing comfortable about the Bible...

At its Greek root, "to believe" simply means "to give one's heart to." Thus, if we can determine what it is we give our heart to, then we will know what it is we believe.

Multi oameni, cand incearca sa justifice de ce au sau nu au o anumita credinta, deseori au multe opinii in loc de motive.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

You can't know, you can only believe - or not.

Faith... is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods.