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

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.

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

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.

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

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

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.

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.'

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

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

Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.

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

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

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.

Faith is a commitment to belief contrary to evidence and reason.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

God has no religion.