Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

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

Split a piece of wood and I am there.

Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

There is a justifiable reaction against a type of religion which imposed rigid restrictions on any kind of rational enjoyment, while it left men free to exploit one another and to make life hideous in the race for wealth.

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Devotion does not mean only chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

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.

God is not a diversion.

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.

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down; but he is strong who witholdeth himself from anger

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

If you're really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world... you should have faith in yourself.