An almost forgotten truth, even among some practising Christians, is that it's never the physical world, but only the spirit of the world that is evil. Therefore the soul must detach itself from the spirit of the world.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

When people cease to believe in God, they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.

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.

Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the sons of God.

When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.

God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Give us this day our daily faith, but deliver us, dear God, from belief.

I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.

I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

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.'