Scientist believe in things, not in persons
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.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.
Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
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.
The Catholic ideal is to order the whole of life towards unity, not by the denial and destruction of the natural human values, but by bringing them into living relation with spiritual truth and spiritual reality.
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce