Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
Imagination is the true magic carpet.
Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.
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.
You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
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.
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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.
That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
Devotion is a social force.
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.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
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.
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
