God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
God is not a diversion.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the sons of God.
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.
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.
What happens when people open their hearts?They get better.
God's house must be clean, otherwise, God will just run away.
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.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
Yes I am with you always, until the very end of time
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
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.
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.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
