Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.
If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world
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.
Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
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.