For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

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.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

Give us this day our daily faith, but deliver us, dear God, from belief.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.

Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

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.

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

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

God is not a diversion.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

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.