A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God's creation embraces me.
Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.
The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.
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.
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valour of the brave.
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.
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .
Hope is a good thing - maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
