I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
There is a justifiable reaction against a type of religion which imposed rigid restrictions on any kind of rational enjoyment, while it left men free to exploit one another and to make life hideous in the race for wealth.
He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
Faith without doubt is addiction
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.
What happens when people open their hearts?They get better.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
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.
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.
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.
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
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.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us
I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth