Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
Scientist believe in things, not in persons
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
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.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us
I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.
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.
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 is not a diversion.