A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

I fear that there are too many priesthood bearers who have done little or nothing to develop their ability to access the powers of Heaven.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

To terrify children with the image of hell… to consider women an inferior creation. Is that good for the world?

You might say, ‚Can’t we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?‘ In this way we’d become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.

The big message of gospel is that you don’t have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop, and the universe is quite good to you. There is a loss of ego.

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

There is not a separate God for each person. There is one universal intelligence flowing through all of us.

It is not the body’s posture, but the heart’s attitude that counts when we pray.

God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this low-level misery or uneasiness about whatever it is we’ve done or we’re about to do. At times like this, it’s wise to prayerfully consider whether we’re offending God with our actions.

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Our God is a forgiving God.

Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God.

When you hear people demanding that the Ten Commandments be displayed in courtrooms and schoolrooms, always be sure to ask which set. It works every time.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.

I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I’m on course, and I’m doing what God wants me to do. I’m real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.

Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.

Where love is, there God is also.

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

I hope I would not be so arrogant as to doubt anyone’s religion or belief.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

This thing comes to me, not by the hearing of the ear, but by my own personal experience: I know of a surety that Jesus manifests Himself unto His people as He doth not unto the world.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

I do believe in God. But you won’t find me visiting temples every now and then. I believe in self-realization. Peace of mind matters a lot to me. What’s the point in doing something just for the sake of it? I’d rather do something I like doing as long as I’m being true to myself.

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

Here’s the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don’t find it anywhere else.

You just have to have a simple faith.

The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

One of the things I love most about being at home is that I’m comfortable there. And since we are the home of Christ, we need to make sure He’s comfortable in us.

It’s one thing to be religious, but it’s another thing to make religion your policy.

I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have friends in both places.

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

Most of us have hoped and prayed for something to happen a certain way, but it didn’t. And when this happened, we had a choice to make: to react with offense toward God or to trust Him anyway.

Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you’re supposed to be.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

Do I live as carelessly and worldly as unbelievers while professing to be a follower of Jesus? If so, I am exposing Christianity to ridicule and leading people to speak evil of the holy name by which I am called.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.