We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received-only what you have given.

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.

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.

Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.

It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

You will achieve definitive self-fulfilment only in the next life.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

The most superior amongst the colors in the universe is the colour of Devotion.

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.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

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