Many / One

A database of 11,000+ illuminated guiding quotations in 40 categories from 600+ inspired books by our most brilliant and influential authors.
Compiled by JoAnn Kite

SHOW detailed search and navigation | Quotes | References | JoAnn

1		"We need to develop faith: faith that our needs will be met; faith that we are not alone; faith that there is a greater purpose at work behind the scenes that will become known to us when the time is right." Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles (Caroline Myss)

2		"There is nothing that prevents us from having faith. For if we want it with all our heart, it will immediately become active in us, since it is God's gift to us and a pre-eminent characteristic of our nature." St. Symeon the New Theologian, 'On Faith' The Philokalia, volume 4 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos and St. Makarios)

3		"Cultivate an unshakable trust in the good powers of existence." How To Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation (Rudolf Steiner)

4		"Faith is believing that the universe is on our side, and that the universe knows what it's doing. Faith is a psychological awareness of an unfolding force for good, constantly at work in all dimensions." A Return to Love, Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles (Marianne Williamson)

5		"God's will embraces the totality of our development and faith. Trust and love are the keys that open us to the fullness of God's will for us." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

6		"In each of us the energy of the Spirit is made manifest according to the measure of faith (cf. Romans 12:6)." St. Maximos the Confessor, 'Third Century of Various Texts' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

7		"Faith is a spiritual certitude of the spiritual, the divine, the soul's ideal, something that clings to that even when it is not fulfilled in life, even when the immediate facts or the persistent circumstances seem to deny it. This is a common experience in the life of the human being; if it were not so, man would be the plaything of a changing mind or a sport of circumstances." A Greater Psychology, An Introduction to Sri Aurobindo's Psychological Thought (Sri Aurobindo, edited by A. S. Dalal)

8		"In these times when outer conditions change so rapidly, put trust in the one thing that never changes: God's perfect spirit and love for us." Visions and Prophecies for a New Age (Mark A. Thurston, Ph.D.)

9		"It is well to remember the words from Hebrews: 'Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.' When you are childlike in your faith, that faith will sustain you in your determination to find your freedom from the darkness that would hide your True Self." Understanding Yourself: A Spiritual Approach to Self-Discovery and Soul-Awareness (Mark L. and Elizabeth Clare Prophet)

10		"Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind." Eden Philipotts, 'A Shadow Passes' Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations (Margaret Pepper, editor)

11		"Faith can enable a person to receive divine guidance and continue spiritual practice in the face of all kinds of difficulties. Faith is a key to overcoming fear whenever we feel separate and out of touch with the deeper levels of our own being." Shadows of the Sacred: Seeing Through Spiritual Illusions (Frances Vaughan, Ph.D.)

12		"Faith is an active force – not a passive one – an invisible power, like love." Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles (Caroline Myss)

13		"And Jesus said, 'Faith is the power of God. All things are possible for him who in his heart believes." ch. 130, v. 10 Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (Leo W. Dowling)

14		"The being and consciousness of man must expand its own faith in universal purpose and draw upon a firsthand knowledge of the divine schemes." Understanding Yourself: A Spiritual Approach to Self-Discovery and Soul-Awareness (Mark L. and Elizabeth Clare Prophet)

15		"Live in simple faith….just as this trusting cherry flowers, fades, and falls." Issa (1763-1827), Japanese poet, 'Japanese Haiku' The Choice Is Always Ours (Dorothy B. Phillips, Chief Editor)

16		"Though we have lost our way ten thousand times, the longing just beyond the boundaries of the ordinary mind continues to trust and taste. We are irrationally hopeful, and that's often what it takes." Turning Toward the Mystery: A Seeker's Journey (Stephen Levine)

17		"There is every reason to have faith in the rightness of things…this quality of faith is like a steady inner essence which is never diminished within the soul." The Flowering Tree (Gladys V. Jones)

18		"Only a long and patient struggle can teach us the operative power of faith and show us what it can achieve." Writings in Time of War (Pierre Teilhard deChardin)

19		"When we have fought to the bitter end to develop ourselves and win through, and find ourselves halted, beaten, by the forces of this world, then, if we believe, the power with which we clash so agonizingly suddenly ceases to be a blind or evil energy. Hostile matter vanishes. And, in its place, we find the divine Master of the world who under the 'species and appearance' of each and every event, moulds us, empties us of our self-love, and penetrates into us." Science and Christ (Pierre Teilhard deChardin)

20		"Henceforth proceed with Faith to shine in the depths of the world." The Paraphrase of Shem (Gnostic text, ca. 1st century bce), The Other Bible (Willis Barnstone, editor)

21		"Faith is the key that opens the door to the sacred." Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to the Sacraments of the Catholic Church (Joseph Martos)

22		"Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty." Francois Mauriac (1885-1970), winner of Nobel Prize for Literature, 1952, 'God and Mammon' The Quotable Spirit (Peter Lorie and Manuela D Mascetti, editors)

23		"We are born with the seed of belief buried deep inside us. Over the years it may go through many different external forms, but it is profoundly personal and not consciously chosen. It is inseparable from our angel, the guiding presence that Heraclitus said is our character and Wordsworth pictures as a star." The Soul's Religion, Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life (Thomas Moore)

24		"A simple, childlike trust is often as important as wisdom and strict spiritual practice." Companions on the Inner Way (Morton T. Kelsey)

25		"Cast all your cares upon the Lord, and he will direct them. Believe in God…because he can do all things." The Shepherd of Hermas, Vision IV, v. 21 The Lost Books of The Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden (various)