I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Faith without doubt is addiction
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
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.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.
Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down; but he is strong who witholdeth himself from anger
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
