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.
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
When people cease to believe in God, they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
God's house must be clean, otherwise, God will just run away.
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.
I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death ... I think. peace and tranquillity will return again.
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.
Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.
There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.
It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.