Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself.

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

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .

When people cease to believe in God, they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything.

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

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

Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

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

The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.

Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.

Everyone has the same God; only people differ.

The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.

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