Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world
An almost forgotten truth, even among some practising Christians, is that it's never the physical world, but only the spirit of the world that is evil. Therefore the soul must detach itself from the spirit of the world.
Faith is a state of openness or trust.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand
Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
Religion is the opium of the masses.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
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.
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
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.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
The most superior amongst the colors in the universe is the colour of Devotion.
There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.
Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.
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.
