As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.

Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.

Scientist believe in things, not in persons

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

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

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

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.

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

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.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentlemen were brutal savages in an unknown land, mine were priests in the Temple of Solomon.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce

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.