You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
Faith is a state of openness or trust.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.
Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.
That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
