If man attempts to suppress the animal side of his nature by a sheer effort of conscious will, nature finds a hundred unexpected and unpleasant ways to take its revenge.
Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille
Faith without doubt is addiction
That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
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.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
Split a piece of wood and I am there.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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.
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.
Faith is a state of openness or trust.
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
