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.
Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.
The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.
The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.
Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
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.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.
Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce
How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.
If you're really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world... you should have faith in yourself.
