Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received-only what you have given.
What happens when people open their hearts?They get better.
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Prayer is a turning to God.
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
God is not a diversion.
There is a justifiable reaction against a type of religion which imposed rigid restrictions on any kind of rational enjoyment, while it left men free to exploit one another and to make life hideous in the race for wealth.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
A man's greatness is to be measured by his capacity for communion with others.
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.
Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. Love others as well as you love yourself.
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.
Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.
You will achieve definitive self-fulfilment only in the next life.
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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.
