The great obstacle to the conversion of the modern world is the belief that religion has no intellectual significance; that it may be good for morals and satisfying to man's emotional needs, but that it corresponds to no objective reality.

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

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.

The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

I defy anyone to imagine an environment more exquisitely designed to provide us with opportunities for spiritual growth than this life of ours.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received-only what you have given.

Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.

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.'

I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.

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

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss.