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.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .

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

Everyone has the same God; only people differ.

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

Devotion is a social force.

Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.

I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.

Scientist believe in things, not in persons

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.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.