“The problem is not with the faith, but with the faithful”

“The faith is not the problem, Bernadette. The problem is the faithful.”

“What has happened to create this doubt is that a problem (such as a deep conflict or a bad experience) has been allowed to usurp God's place and become the controlling principle of life. Instead of viewing the problem from the vantage point of faith, the doubter views faith from the vantage point of the problem. Instead of faith sizing up the problem, the situation ends with the problem scaling down faith. The world of faith is upside down, and in the topsy-turvy reality of doubt, a problem has become god and God has become a problem.”

“If the West believed in something, it would prevail overnight. The problem is you can't beat bad faith with no faith.”

“Too much attention on problems kills our faith in possibilities.”

“Faith UP! Your purpose is GREATER than all your PROBLEMS.”