What really matters is how God sees me. He isn’t concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man’s soul.

Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

Our God is a forgiving God.

I believe that a government has only one religion – India first. A government has only one holy book – our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion – towards nation.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God.

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart. That’s how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.

Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is only one way of seeing them, and that is, seeing the whole of them.

From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.

People tried to change my concept of what music is. That music is work, but it’s not like that.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it’s dead for you.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God’s providence and love and express that gratitude to Him.

And if a person is religious, I think it’s good, it helps you a bit. But if you’re not, at least you can have the sense that there is a condition inside you which looks at the stars with amazement and awe.

If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

The roaring thunder of the law and the fear of the terror of judgment are both used to bring us to Christ, but the final victory culminating in our salvation is won through God’s loving-kindness.

People who don’t know the true character of God – who don’t believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger – can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

When all is said and done, what constitutes the impregnable superiority of Christianity over all other types of Faith is that it is ever more consciously identified with a Christogenesis: in other words, with an awareness of the rise of a certain universal Presence which is at once immortalizing and unifying.

O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.

I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

Religion is just mind control.

Not only does God play dice, but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

I believe that Jesus realized his oneness with God and he showed, what he attempted to do was show the way to all of us, how to realize our own onenes with God also, so he’s a precursor.

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.

Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants.

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.

Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one’s own desires through which one listens.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

The most powerful idea that’s entered the world in the last few thousand years – the idea of grace – is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

There’s a rebel lying deep in my soul.

I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I’m out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well – and for each of God’s children.

Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the ‚Not Me,‘ that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, ‚Nature.‘

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it’s true.

When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.

I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can’t stand the suffering anymore.