--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: The inability to see air does not prevent…" description: "\"“The inability to see air does not prevent us from breathing. Being unable to see God should not prevent us from believing.”\" — Maisie A. Smikle" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/maisie-a-smikle-19751_breathing_the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-preven_2988412.jpg" --- # The inability to see air does not prevent us from… ![“The inability to see air does not prevent us from breathing. Being unable to see God should not prevent us from believing.” quote by Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/maisie-a-smikle-19751_breathing_the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-preven_2988412.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/maisie-a-smikle-19751_breathing_the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-preven_2988412.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/maisie-a-smikle-19751_breathing_the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-preven_2988412.jpg) > ““The inability to see air does not prevent us from breathing. Being unable to see God should not prevent us from believing.”” [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Invisibility of air or God doesn’t stop their essential functions; belief persists beyond perception. **In simple terms:** Invisible things still work; belief continues. Key Takeaway Trust in unseen forces. Themes faith perception belief philosophy Mood contemplative inspirational Type philosophical spiritual When to use this quote - prayer - science education - personal growth - mindfulness Key Concepts metaphysics spirituality Questions to Reflect On - What evidence supports your belief? - How do you handle doubt? A Different Perspective Belief without evidence can be challenged by skepticism. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Breathing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/) [Breathing Unable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing-unable-4683686/) [God Prevent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-prevent-2272575/) [Inspirational quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational-quotes/) [Prevent Believing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prevent-believing-3729010/) [Unable God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unable-god-333805/) ## Related quotes > [“Without godliness, we are unable to see God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/without-godliness-we-are-unable-to-see-god/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) > [“No circumstance in the world can ever prevent us from believing in God, from placing all our trust in him, from loving him with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-philippe/no-circumstance-in-the-world-can-ever-prevent-us-from-believing-in/) [Jacques Philippe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-philippe/) > [Disappointment in some people should not prevent us from believing in others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jreyes/disappointment-in-some-people-should-not-prevent-us-from-believing-in/) [JREYES](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jreyes/) > [“God’s no will prevent you from becoming the you you think you could be, so that you can become the you God’s knows you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ramos/god-s-no-will-prevent-you-from-becoming-the-you-you-think-you-could/) [David Ramos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ramos/) > [“Intimate communication with God will prevent us from lighting our common will on the alter of His holy purpose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alisa-hope-wagner/intimate-communication-with-god-will-prevent-us-from-lighting-our/) [Alisa Hope Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alisa-hope-wagner/) > [I believed the reason there was a God was to prevent such atrocities from happening to the same person twice. But nothing prepared me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-believed-the-reason-there-was-a-god-was-to-prevent-such-atrocities/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [May God prevent us from becoming "right-thinking men"-that is to say men who agree perfectly with their own police.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/may-god-prevent-us-from-becoming-right-thinking-men-that-is-to-say/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) > [God, to prevent all escape, hath sown the seeds of death in our very constitution and nature, so that we can as soon run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gurnall/god-to-prevent-all-escape-hath-sown-the-seeds-of-death-in-our-very/) [William Gurnall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gurnall/) > [Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mentor-johnson/among-all-the-religious-persecutions-with-which-almost-every-page-of/) [Richard Mentor Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mentor-johnson/) > [“God is always present He is never absent God is always on time He is never late”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/god-is-always-present-he-is-never-absent-god-is-always-on-time-he-is/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Don't resist. Don't insist. Just Move over. Its's a divine takeover.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/don-t-resist-don-t-insist-just-move-over-its-s-a-divine-takeover/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“As long as we’re breathing, we have a chance to start over and build a stable future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-ha-campbell/as-long-as-we-re-breathing-we-have-a-chance-to-start-over-and-build-a/) [Kim Ha Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-ha-campbell/) > [Aging is like enlightenment at gunpoint. Before I had cancer, I lived my life for my art. After I had cancer, I lived my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-halprin/aging-is-like-enlightenment-at-gunpoint-before-i-had-cancer-i-lived/) [Anna Halprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-halprin/) > [People don't think much about breathing. Of all the things we take for granted, breathing has to be number one - even though it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-hamilton/people-don-t-think-much-about-breathing-of-all-the-things-we-take-for/) [Laird Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-hamilton/) > [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;It's loveliness increase;it will never pass into nothingness;but still will keep a bower quiet for us,and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/a-thing-of-beauty-is-a-joy-for-ever-it-s-loveliness-increase-it-will/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) ## More by Maisie A. Smikle > [“Don't resist. Don't insist. Just Move over. Its's a divine takeover.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/don-t-resist-don-t-insist-just-move-over-its-s-a-divine-takeover/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“God is always present He is never absent God is always on time He is never late”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/god-is-always-present-he-is-never-absent-god-is-always-on-time-he-is/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Don't look at your needs. God has that covered. Count your blessings!!!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/don-t-look-at-your-needs-god-has-that-covered-count-your-blessings/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Who say mo'? You say mo'? I say mo' Mo' what? Mo' who? Mo' when? More Jesus. Right Now! To stop the fighting Backbiting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/who-say-mo-you-say-mo-i-say-mo-mo-what-mo-who-mo-when-more-jesus/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Rush under His arm And feel the calm A touch of grace From His loving embrace Be still my child, He whispered softly I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/rush-under-his-arm-and-feel-the-calm-a-touch-of-grace-from-his-loving/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“While they proceed To and fro, and Come and go Like Spring, Summer Autumn and Winter Chastise, Criticize And Slander Jesus still remains A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/while-they-proceed-to-and-fro-and-come-and-go-like-spring-summer/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Nourish your body, eat right and exercise. Nourish your spirit, read God's word and pray.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/nourish-your-body-eat-right-and-exercise-nourish-your-spirit-read-god/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“The papers are signed. The papers are sealed. The adoption is completed. You are the adopted sons and daughters of the Most High God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/the-papers-are-signed-the-papers-are-sealed-the-adoption-is-completed/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“You are good ground The seeds are sown Nurture them with faith Guard them with prayer Keep the crows away with the word of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/you-are-good-ground-the-seeds-are-sown-nurture-them-with-faith-guard/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Jesus is in your corner No matter how small Or how large your corner may be Let Him know That you know He is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/jesus-is-in-your-corner-no-matter-how-small-or-how-large-your-corner/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Infinitely, eternal is God's love Unchanging, immovable and all consuming is His love God's love is food for your hunger Strength for the weak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/infinitely-eternal-is-god-s-love-unchanging-immovable-and-all/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Who am I? Glad you asked I am..So Very Blessed Praise the Lord Hallelujah! Thank you Lord”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/who-am-i-glad-you-asked-i-am-so-very-blessed-praise-the-lord/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Look the devil straight in the face And say bring it on For my God has a reward for you It's called Eternal hell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/look-the-devil-straight-in-the-face-and-say-bring-it-on-for-my-god/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“So you moving on up To the top And you finally got a piece of the pie Some ain't got no pie Not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/so-you-moving-on-up-to-the-top-and-you-finally-got-a-piece-of-the-pie/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) > [“Sow some good. The soil is ready. Your harvest is guaranteed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/sow-some-good-the-soil-is-ready-your-harvest-is-guaranteed/) [Maisie A. Smikle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) [Explore all 32 Maisie A. Smikle quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/) ## More Breathing quotes > [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;It's loveliness increase;it will never pass into nothingness;but still will keep a bower quiet for us,and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/a-thing-of-beauty-is-a-joy-for-ever-it-s-loveliness-increase-it-will/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) > [“As long as we’re breathing, we have a chance to start over and build a stable future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-ha-campbell/as-long-as-we-re-breathing-we-have-a-chance-to-start-over-and-build-a/) [Kim Ha Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-ha-campbell/) > [People don't think much about breathing. Of all the things we take for granted, breathing has to be number one - even though it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laird-hamilton/people-don-t-think-much-about-breathing-of-all-the-things-we-take-for/) [Laird Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laird-hamilton/) > [Aging is like enlightenment at gunpoint. Before I had cancer, I lived my life for my art. After I had cancer, I lived my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-halprin/aging-is-like-enlightenment-at-gunpoint-before-i-had-cancer-i-lived/) [Anna Halprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-halprin/) > [I wish," Jared began, and stopped, breathing in. "Do you remember how you used to believe I wasn't real? Sometimes I wish that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-rees-brennan/i-wish-jared-began-and-stopped-breathing-in-do-you-remember-how-you/) [Sarah Rees Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-rees-brennan/) > [The still affection of the heart Became an outward breathing type, That into stillness past again, And left a want unknown before; Although the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/the-still-affection-of-the-heart-became-an-outward-breathing-type/) [Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/) > [Breathing is give(carbon dioxide) and take(oxygen), such is life, find balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-williams/breathing-is-give-carbon-dioxide-and-take-oxygen-such-is-life-find/) [Marcel Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-williams/) > [I'll probably be writing as long as I'm breathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kris-kristofferson/i-ll-probably-be-writing-as-long-as-i-m-breathing/) [Kris Kristofferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kris-kristofferson/) > [For me writing is like breathing. I could not live without breathing and I could not live without writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-neruda/for-me-writing-is-like-breathing-i-could-not-live-without-breathing/) [Pablo Neruda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-neruda/) > [I’m in, Cat. I’d never leave you. Especially when you’ve got death breathing down your neck.” “Very funny,” I retorted, since Bones was inches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeaniene-frost/i-m-in-cat-i-d-never-leave-you-especially-when-you-ve-got-death/) [Jeaniene Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeaniene-frost/) > [Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out now, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/splutter-splutter-yes-we-re-off-we-re-rising-but-why-start-off-with/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [He’d moved toward me again. His hands released mine and moved to my waist, and I noticed I wasn’t the only one breathing heavily.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/he-d-moved-toward-me-again-his-hands-released-mine-and-moved-to-my/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renee-fleming/my-worry-is-that-opera-will-become-an-historic-art-form-as-opposed-to/) [Renee Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renee-fleming/) > [I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various breathing techniques and why in these practices language is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/i-m-really-fascinated-and-you-know-i-ve-been-wondering-about-that/) [Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/) > [I’m exactly right for you, Bella. It would have been effortless for us — comfortable, easy as breathing. I was the natural path your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/i-m-exactly-right-for-you-bella-it-would-have-been-effortless-for-us/) [Stephenie Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephenie-meyer/) [Browse all 1,666 Breathing quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The inability to see air does not prevent us from breathing. Being unable to see God should not prevent us from believing.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maisie A. Smikle" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-prevent-us-from-breathing-being/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Breathing" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-prevent-us-from-breathing-being/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/maisie-a-smikle-19751_breathing_the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-preven_2988412.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/maisie-a-smikle-19751_breathing_the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-preven_2988412.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/maisie-a-smikle-19751_breathing_the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-preven_2988412.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The inability to see air does not prevent us from breathing. Being unable to see God should not prevent us…” — Maisie A. Smikle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Maisie A. Smikle", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-a-smikle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“The inability to see air does...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-prevent-us-from-breathing-being/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-a-smikle/the-inability-to-see-air-does-not-prevent-us-from-breathing-being/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```