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 believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
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.
He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.
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.
It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.
It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
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.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.
