The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.
Easter Quotes
The sources for this page are the faith, hope and spirituality pages, not a collection of Easter writing. A few entries do mention the day: Longfellow’s The Spanish Student (1843) sets a scene on a bright Easter Sunday with blossoming trees, and W. H. Auden, in A Certain World (1970), says Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry but Good Friday cannot, any more than Auschwitz.
Most of what else you find here is general. Expect devotional writers and poets, with sources and dates on every quote page. Anything flagged as disputed or misattributed carries a note that says what the editors turned up.
Our faith rests not on words of earthly wisdom but on the manifestation of the power of the Spirit.
My scepticism warns me of the danger of becoming a fanatic, a danger which no faith has yet averted.
The cynic suffers the form of faith without love. Incredulity is his piety.
I don't consider myself a “religious” person at all. I am, however, a person of enormous faith.
Religion is what you sing on Sunday, Miss Stovall. Your true faith is what you want all week.
The true Gospel has it that we are justified by faith alone, without the deeds of the Law.
Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
Hope conquers cowardice, joy grief;
Or at least, faith unbelief.