There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.
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.
Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.
A man's greatness is to be measured by his capacity for communion with others.
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
Imagination is the true magic carpet.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.