faith Quotes

Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.

Conscience is God present in man.

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his image, I reply that he must have been very ugly.