There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.
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.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us
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.
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.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received-only what you have given.
Whoever loves to meet God, God loves to meet him.
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.
I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.
Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.
Hope is a good thing - maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
Prayer is a turning to God.
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.
