4,325 Quotes About Belief

Some would say that believing we need God means giving away our personal power. They are correct. There is a simple reason for this. Without Him, there is no power to be had.

With God, brokenness is nothing more than the stage upon which the impossible is about to happen.

Much of the time it’s not actually having some issue. Rather, it’s believing that we do.

Spirituality is not an action, it is a vision. Worldly people’s vision is towards worldly life whereas ‘this’ is a spiritual vision. After the Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) changes the vision, one begins to see spirituality towards that side.

Of the two, only one can be the doer. If God is the doer; then there is nothing for us to do. And if we are the doer; then nothing remains for God to do.

I simply cannot afford to be ignorant of the monumental challenges that constantly batter and beset the world around me. But neither can I afford to be ignorant of the cancer of pessimism that constantly rallies the entire weight of its defeatist character in an all-out effort to convince me that the abilities inherent in mankind are far, far too inadequate to challenge the challenges. And it might be that the greatest challenge of all is to challenge this sort of thinking.

One view says ‘It (the world) was created’ and another says ‘it happened (automatically)’. ‘It was created’ is the worldly view and ‘it happened’ is the view of Absolute Knowledge (Gnan). If we ask those who believe in “someone created”, ‘do you have any independent control over your bowel movement?’ The answer is, ‘No!’ It is all due to scientific circumstantial evidences.

Having the eyes of a child does not mean that we are naïve. Rather, it means that we’ve become brave enough to believe in a great good while simultaneously embracing the reality of a great evil.

I will never know the extent to which I can change the world until I change my attitude about my ability to change the world.