God's house must be clean, otherwise, God will just run away.
You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.
Faith without doubt is addiction
I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.
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.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
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.
Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.