Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentlemen were brutal savages in an unknown land, mine were priests in the Temple of Solomon.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
Devotion is a social force.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.
I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth
Split a piece of wood and I am there.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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.
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.