Pastoral Resources

Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.

Faith is not a thing which one 'loses,' we merely cease to shape our lives by it.

The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.

I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.

It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

Well, the research into it affected me. And the novel, it very much strengthened my faith.

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.

The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.

It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it.

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad.

As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained in their practice, and were indulged not only with impunity, but authorized by the sanction of their laws.

Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough.

Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.

Faith is like a kernel of wheat.