The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

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.'

He who knoweth his own self, knoweth God.

Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.

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

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

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.

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

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. Love others as well as you love yourself.

Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

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