A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.

Scoutcraft is a means through which the veriest hooligan can be brought to higher thought and to the elements of faith in God; and, coupled with the Scout’s obligation to do a good turn every day, it gives the base of Duty to God and to Neighbour on which the parent or pastor can build with greater ease the form of belief that is desired.

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

And no, we don’t know where it will lead. We just know there’s something much bigger than any of us here.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

Faith… must be enforced by reason… when faith becomes blind it dies.

I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

In its primary aspect, a painting has no more spiritual message than an exquisite fragment of Venetian glass. The channels by which all noble and imaginative work in painting should touch the soul are not those of the truths of lives.

I never had to choose a subject – my subject rather chose me.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things – he didn’t just command them to believe.

I don’t believe in nepotism. I don’t much like the idea of parents who interfere.

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn’t really going to do very much with his life anyway. The example usually is: he wasn’t going to compose Beethoven’s Fifth.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Nothing is more dangerous to one’s own faith than the work of an apologist. No doctrine of that faith seems to me so spectral, so unreal as one that I have just successfully defended in a public debate.

I’m not sure what you need first – the players believing or others believing in them – but in the end, both have to think it.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.

Persuasion is achieved by the speaker’s personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.

In a universe that’s an intelligent system with a divine creative force supporting it, there simply can be no accidents. As tough as it is to acknowledge, you had to go through what you went through in order to get to where you are today, and the evidence is that you did.

I don’t call myself a Buddhist. I’m a free spirit. I believe I’m here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that’s my religion.

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.

Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

Luck is believing you’re lucky.

I haven’t changed at all. I’m the same as when I was 11.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world… to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don’t wake up before – the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours.

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

I don’t think the ebbs and flows – get in great shape and then get out of shape and then see if you can get back into shape – is a good thing. So I prefer to keep my arm always ready to go.

Don’t be misled by those who claim God doesn’t exist, because He does.

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life – that is, to be happy.

There are many events in the womb of time, which will be delivered.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

I do believe that there are places where the mythological and the literal touch.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

When we trust God more than our feelings, it confuses the devil. I mean, when he throws you his best shot and he can’t budge you from believing God, he won’t know what to do with you anymore.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

Our faith is released as we say, pray and do the Word.

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.

It’s just trying to do the best job I can in these opportunities that I get to show what I can do, be consistent, have good feedback, be fast, at the same time not make mistakes.

My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.