It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
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
God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.
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.
God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.
God is not a diversion.
The Catholic ideal is to order the whole of life towards unity, not by the denial and destruction of the natural human values, but by bringing them into living relation with spiritual truth and spiritual reality.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.
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.
Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.
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.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
