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

You will not enter paradise until you have faith. And you will not complete your faith until you love one another.

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received-only what you have given.

The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.

We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss.

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.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .

There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.

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.

Devotion is a social force.

Prayer is a turning to God.

I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature.

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.

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

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.

Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.

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.

Split a piece of wood and I am there.

Give us this day our daily faith, but deliver us, dear God, from belief.