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.

Whoever loves to meet God, God loves to meet him.

It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.

Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentlemen were brutal savages in an unknown land, mine were priests in the Temple of Solomon.

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.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

A man's greatness is to be measured by his capacity for communion with others.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.

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

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

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.