Development of outlook naturally begins with a respect for God… Reverence to God and reverence for one’s neighbor and reverence for oneself as a servant of God.

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

God enters by a private door into every individual.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

How can one preach goodness and love to men without at the same time offering them an interpretation of the World that justifies this goodness and this love?

As we regularly spend time reading God’s Word and talking to Him in prayer, we put ourselves in position for Him to do things in our lives we could never do on our own.

I will listen to anyone’s convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

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.

Certain though I am – and ever more certain – that I must press on in life as though Christ awaited me at the term of the universe, at the same time I feel no special assurance of the existence of Christ. Believing is not seeing. As much as anyone, I imagine, I walk in the shadows of faith.

For me, it’s about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It’s where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that’s very important to me.

God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

China has to go along with world trends. That’s democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.

I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that’s OK, too. It’s whatever suits you.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep and sure than this proclamation.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified.

To understand the power of the priesthood, we must know its limitations.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, ‚I’m not interested,‘ or you’re unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don’t understand that, and I think it’s rude. You’re at Grandma’s house, you eat what Grandma serves you.

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I’d written? Yes. There’s many of them!

There’s only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Morality is of the highest importance – but for us, not for God.

The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe.

I don’t set out to write about spirituality; I am free to do something different every time.

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

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

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.

God doesn’t do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it’s not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm.

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

It’s a curse. I ask God to take this away from me all the time. I do not like being an artist.

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He’s done… is doing… and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don’t let yourself ever get used to it… stay amazed!

For my part, I desire to see the time when education – and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry – shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.

So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

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

Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

It was the experience of mystery – even if mixed with fear – that engendered religion.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He’s on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them.

We teach that God’s love for His children is infinite.

That’s the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And there really is a God – so do I buy that one? If all the other cliches are true… Hell, don’t pose me that one.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

We are eternal beings – spirit children of heavenly parents.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that’s really the essence of the Christian faith.

As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

Jesus is a divine guest inside of you all the time – one who loves, understands, sees and hears you. He wants to live in oneness with you… to be the centerpiece of everything you do.

People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don’t. I feel that it’s quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

Truth is a pathless land.