If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.
We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.
Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.
God does not work for you, He works with you.
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down; but he is strong who witholdeth himself from anger
Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce
If man attempts to suppress the animal side of his nature by a sheer effort of conscious will, nature finds a hundred unexpected and unpleasant ways to take its revenge.
Scientist believe in things, not in persons
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss.
Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. Love others as well as you love yourself.
Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.