Prayer is a turning to God.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

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.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.

To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

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.

The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.

Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.

Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

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.

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

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.

The Catholic ideal is to order the whole of life towards unity, not by the denial and destruction of the natural human values, but by bringing them into living relation with spiritual truth and spiritual reality.

Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.

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