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.

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.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

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.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death ... I think. peace and tranquillity will return again.

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.

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

The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.

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.

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

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.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

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

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

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

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

God is not a diversion.

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