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

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

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

Everyone has the same God; only people differ.

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

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

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

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

To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

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.

It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.