I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.
Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death ... I think. peace and tranquillity will return again.
To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified Him but have glorified themselves.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.
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.
When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
God is not a diversion.
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
