I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because I see everything by it.
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
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.
To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Prayer is a turning to God.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.
Devotion is a social force.
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.
Yes I am with you always, until the very end of time
Hope is a good thing - maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valour of the brave.
