Bernard Malamud Quotes

I'm so happy I married a fellow Catholic because I think that marriage is tough enough - that's one area that's just not something we argue about. There's no contention about it because we're both on the same page.

We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

A society whose members are united by the fact that they think in the same way in regard to the sacred world and its relations with the profane world, and by the fact that they translate these common ideas into common practices, is what is called a Church. In all history, we do not find a single religion without a Church.

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place.

Do not concern yourself with politics and the world; your job is to connect the hearts to God.

I'm not religious. I'm spiritual. Religious seems too much like a club.

If the Holy Spirit lives in you, that makes you my brothers and sisters.

I believe in God, but I am not sure to trust Him so much.

I believe one day the distance between myself and God will / disappear.

I am not going to tell you how I believe, but I do believe in God.

I speak not of men's creeds—they rest between Man and his Maker.

The fundamentalists of every faith remain blind to the truth that the “sigh within the prayer is the same in the heart of the Christian, the Muslim, and the Jew.” I have seen this unity with my eyes, heard it with my ears, felt it with all my being.

Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this.

We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just not organized religion'. I don't think people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live.

It don't matter if you believe in God Nick, he believes in you.

I believe that the fact that I am religious brings me closer to anyone with a different faith.

Most people in the West who say they believe in God actually believe in belief in God.

I don't go to church so much, but I do believe in God and I understand the consequences of faith.

We can love religion as we need rituals, but The Holy Spirit is a bird, free to fly and land where it likes. We don't actually need 'religion' in order to have a relationship with The Holy Spirit. Too many wars an violence over religion.We need to see it's all the same spirit and we are part of that spirit so we shouldn't be fighting over what name we call it. It's a free bird.

If you start with community and want to be faithful to community, you have to realize that what binds you together is not mutual compatibility or common tasks, but God. In order to stay in touch with that call to community, we always have to return to solitude.

The closer we are to God, the closer we are to those who are close to him.

From now on, I pray like I mean it. No more hitting SEND over and over. It's changed my life. It has freed me from fear and opened up endless avenues for me as a writer, radio host, parent, wife, and friend. It has enhanced every relationship I'm in, starting with the most important one: my relationship with God. Real faith isn't praying without ceasing. It's believing that God heard you the first time.

Truth always prevails. And I believe in that. I believe in God.