Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand
God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.
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.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death ... I think. peace and tranquillity will return again.
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
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.
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.
Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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.
