God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.

Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.

There is a justifiable reaction against a type of religion which imposed rigid restrictions on any kind of rational enjoyment, while it left men free to exploit one another and to make life hideous in the race for wealth.

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.'

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

Devotion is a social force.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

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

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

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.

You will achieve definitive self-fulfilment only in the next life.

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.

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.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Whoever loves to meet God, God loves to meet him.

Scientist believe in things, not in persons

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.

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