Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
Split a piece of wood and I am there.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
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
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude
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.
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received-only what you have given.
There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
God's house must be clean, otherwise, God will just run away.
Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce
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.
