Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

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.

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: ‚War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.‘

There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Facts are stubborn things.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

We have but one permanent home: heaven – that’s still the old truth that we always have to re-learn – and it’s only through the impact of sad experiences that we assimilate it.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects… totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.

As you pray for the Holy Spirit to make you aware of thoughts that come into your mind that don’t line up with God’s Word, you’ll begin to realize when those thoughts come and you can renew your mind with the Word.

Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It’s because I’m not quite an atheist and it worries me. There’s that little bit that holds on: ‚Well, I’m almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.‘

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

If you’re lying, you’re lying.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

I try to look on all the great things God’s done, and not focus on the negative. It’s a perspective.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

The ‚kingdom of Heaven‘ is a condition of the heart – not something that comes ‚upon the earth‘ or ‚after death.‘

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don’t have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

What was God doing before the divine creation?

Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

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.

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination – the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn’t taught by men – it’s a gift from God.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

God’s desire is that we excel.

Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge – that is everywhere.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.

Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say.

One of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives; who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?

When you feel like it’s too hard to obey God, remember that He will never tell you to do something without giving you the grace, power and ability to do it.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

God answers prayers, but he doesn’t always answer it your way.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.