Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valour of the brave.
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
Hope is a good thing - maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
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.
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.
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
Devotion does not mean only chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence.
It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.
