An almost forgotten truth, even among some practising Christians, is that it's never the physical world, but only the spirit of the world that is evil. Therefore the soul must detach itself from the spirit of the world.

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.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

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.

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

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.

God is not a diversion.

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.

You will achieve definitive self-fulfilment only in the next life.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valour of the brave.

When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

If you're really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world... you should have faith in yourself.

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.