Faith is a state of openness or trust.
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. Love others as well as you love yourself.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
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.
Scientist believe in things, not in persons
You will not enter paradise until you have faith. And you will not complete your faith until you love one another.
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
You will achieve definitive self-fulfilment only in the next life.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
Yes I am with you always, until the very end of time
Give us this day our daily faith, but deliver us, dear God, from belief.
Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world
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.
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
