Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.
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.
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.
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.
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.
I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.
We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.
There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
A man's greatness is to be measured by his capacity for communion with others.
You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
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.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
