Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
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.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.
God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce
I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
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.
