God's house must be clean, otherwise, God will just run away.
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified Him but have glorified themselves.
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
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.
If man attempts to suppress the animal side of his nature by a sheer effort of conscious will, nature finds a hundred unexpected and unpleasant ways to take its revenge.
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.'
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because I see everything by it.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.