Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.
I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.
What happens when people open their hearts?They get better.
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
The Catholic ideal is to order the whole of life towards unity, not by the denial and destruction of the natural human values, but by bringing them into living relation with spiritual truth and spiritual reality.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.
Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.
Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
Split a piece of wood and I am there.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
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.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
