Quotes about Understanding
I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?
— CS Lewis
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.
— Paul Tillich
The light of faith makes us see what we believe.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
— St. Augustine
If you have faith, you can do what others can't do, because you can see what others can't see.
— Tony Evans
The walk of Faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain.
— Bill Johnson
But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
— John Calvin
Suffering does not call into question the "big picture" of the Christian faith. It reminds us that we do not see the whole picture, and are thus unable to fit all of the pieces neatly into place.
— Alister McGrath
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Faith comes by hearing all the Word, not just preferred sections.
— David Wilkerson
Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests.
— Charles Hodge
All my words are but chaff next to the faith of a simple man.
— St. Thomas Aquinas