Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valour of the brave.
God does not work for you, He works with you.
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.
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.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.