I don't know; I think I'd be gloomy without some faith that there is a purpose and there is a kind of witness to my life.

I am profoundly grateful that all of my life I have had a simple faith that Jesus is the Christ. That witness has been confirmed to me hundreds of times. It is the crowning knowledge of my soul. It is the spiritual light of my being. It is the cornerstone of my life.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

Death - Death can be faced, dealt with, adjusted to, outlived. It's the not knowing that destroys interminably... This being suspended in suspense; waiting - weightless, How does one face the faceless, adjust to nothing? Waiting implies something to wait for. Is there? There is One. One who knows... I rest my soul on that.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

I simply refused to believe.

Not the "not" but the "not yet.