I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God's creation embraces me.
When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
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.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
Devotion is a social force.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. Love others as well as you love yourself.
