It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

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

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

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

I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.

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

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

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

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

There is a justifiable reaction against a type of religion which imposed rigid restrictions on any kind of rational enjoyment, while it left men free to exploit one another and to make life hideous in the race for wealth.

As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

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

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