God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

God does not work for you, He works with you.

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

God is not a diversion.

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Faith without doubt is addiction

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.

Though our feelings come and go, God's love for us does not.

How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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.

Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the sons of God.

Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed.

Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.

God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.