From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world

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.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce

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

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.

Prayer is a turning to God.

Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.

Everyone who has ever built anywhere a 'new heaven' first found the power thereto in his own hell.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.

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

We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss.

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.