A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

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.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

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.

Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the sons of God.

The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.

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

I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.

One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.