Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
Scientist believe in things, not in persons
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Spiritual progress is like a detoxification
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.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
God's house must be clean, otherwise, God will just run away.
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.'
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
Faith is a state of openness or trust.
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
Devotion is a social force.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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.
