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.
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
Scientist believe in things, not in persons
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified Him but have glorified themselves.
Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.
Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.
A man's greatness is to be measured by his capacity for communion with others.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
God does not work for you, He works with you.
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
