I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.
The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the sons of God.
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand
The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.
Devotion is a social force.
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.
He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.
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.'
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.
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.
How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
