Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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.
If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
Give us this day our daily faith, but deliver us, dear God, from belief.
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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.
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
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.
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
God does not work for you, He works with you.
Faith is a state of openness or trust.
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.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
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.
