My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

God has no religion.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself.

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.

The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.

If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

Devotion does not mean only chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence.

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.

Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce

Though our feelings come and go, God's love for us does not.

Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.