Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.
Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.
Everyone who has ever built anywhere a 'new heaven' first found the power thereto in his own hell.
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.
How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
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.
There is a justifiable reaction against a type of religion which imposed rigid restrictions on any kind of rational enjoyment, while it left men free to exploit one another and to make life hideous in the race for wealth.
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.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.
When people cease to believe in God, they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything.
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
