I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.

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.

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.

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.'

If you're really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world... you should have faith in yourself.

The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.

Give us this day our daily faith, but deliver us, dear God, from belief.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because I see everything by it.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.

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.

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.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valour of the brave.

To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

The greatest quality of a man is to treat his enemies in a better way, for Allah himself showed kindness to his unbelievers.

Devotion is a social force.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.