One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.
How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?
He is not strong and powerful who throweth people down; but he is strong who witholdeth himself from anger
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
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.
The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.
I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature.
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.
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
When people cease to believe in God, they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.
