A man's greatness is to be measured by his capacity for communion with others.
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.
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.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because I see everything by it.
The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille
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.
An almost forgotten truth, even among some practising Christians, is that it's never the physical world, but only the spirit of the world that is evil. Therefore the soul must detach itself from the spirit of the world.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
Faith without doubt is addiction
Split a piece of wood and I am there.
I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.
The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
