If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?
You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God's creation embraces me.
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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.
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Devotion is a social force.
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.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
He who knoweth his own self, knoweth 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.
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .