The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

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.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

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

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

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.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down; but he is strong who witholdeth himself from anger

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.

But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God's creation embraces me.

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

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

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

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.