Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
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.
Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
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.
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Devotion is a social force.
God is not a diversion.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
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.
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
You will not enter paradise until you have faith. And you will not complete your faith until you love one another.
