Sources of Our Faith Quotes

“Let your life speak. Have the patience to be silent and listen for truth. Then have the courage to let the best that is in you direct your actions. Recognize that your true identity is nothing more or less than the way in which you conduct your public and private affairs—the way in which, for good or for ill, you let your life speak. Robert Lawrence Smith”
― Kathleen Rolenz, Sources of Our Faith: Inspirational Readings

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.  Albert Schweitzer”
― Kathleen Rolenz, Sources of Our Faith: Inspirational Readings

“Conquer anger by love. Conquer evil by good. Conquer the stingy by giving. Conquer the liar by truth. Gautama Buddha”
― Kathleen Rolenz, Sources of Our Faith: Inspirational Readings

“The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend definitions of God, and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things as meaningful unity.”
― Kathleen Rolenz, Sources of Our Faith: Inspirational Readings

“There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life. There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that mine. O traveler, if you are in search of That Don’t look outside, look inside yourself and seek That. Rumi”
― Kathleen Rolenz, Sources of Our Faith: Inspirational Readings

“Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature but every end is a beginning  . . .  and under every deep a lower deep opens.  Ralph Waldo Emerson”
― Kathleen Rolenz, Sources of Our Faith: Inspirational Readings

“In the Christian practice known as Lectio Divina, readers engage with scripture through a four-step process: (1) Read the text, (2) Reflect on the text, (3) Respond to the text through writing or discussion, and (4) Rest, or simply sit with the text. You may find this structure helpful with these readings as well.”
― Kathleen Rolenz, Sources of Our Faith: Inspirational Readings