I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.
Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.
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.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.
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.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
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.
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.