Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
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.
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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.
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
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.
Split a piece of wood and I am there.
You will achieve definitive self-fulfilment only in the next life.
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
