You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

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

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.

God does not work for you, He works with you.

Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

Everyone who has ever built anywhere a 'new heaven' first found the power thereto in his own hell.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

What happens when people open their hearts?They get better.

We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss.

God has no religion.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.

God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.

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

From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.