"The instinct of faith is an uplifting of the heart and a reaching over and above everything that happens" (Caussade).
"Blessed are those who have believed in the invisible world which compels no belief in itself" (Nicholas Berdyaev).
"Fear (not doubt) is the opposite of faith" (Paul Ostreicher).
Faith cannot arise from a sense of duty: it is not even a settled state of intellectual conviction. Faith is an act of the heart, and only love can really move the heart. Faith therefore cannot be compelled, because love requires freedom. Faith is a free act, and a creative one.
"When I say, ‘God is’, or ‘Man is immortal’, I effect a creative act" (Nicholas Berdyaev).
"True freedom does not consist in manipulating possibilities but in creating them" (Raimundo Panikkar).
"Blessed are those who have believed in the invisible world which compels no belief in itself" (Nicholas Berdyaev).
"Fear (not doubt) is the opposite of faith" (Paul Ostreicher).
Faith cannot arise from a sense of duty: it is not even a settled state of intellectual conviction. Faith is an act of the heart, and only love can really move the heart. Faith therefore cannot be compelled, because love requires freedom. Faith is a free act, and a creative one.
"When I say, ‘God is’, or ‘Man is immortal’, I effect a creative act" (Nicholas Berdyaev).
"True freedom does not consist in manipulating possibilities but in creating them" (Raimundo Panikkar).
