Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.
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.
Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.
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.
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us
Devotion does not mean only chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence.
The most superior amongst the colors in the universe is the colour of Devotion.
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.
The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.
Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.
