You will not enter paradise until you have faith. And you will not complete your faith until you love one another.

Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.

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.

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce

Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

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.

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.

God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.

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.

One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.