If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.

In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

The great obstacle to the conversion of the modern world is the belief that religion has no intellectual significance; that it may be good for morals and satisfying to man's emotional needs, but that it corresponds to no objective reality.

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

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

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

A man's greatness is to be measured by his capacity for communion with others.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

Devotion is a social force.

He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.

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.