The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

Jesus is a divine guest inside of you all the time – one who loves, understands, sees and hears you. He wants to live in oneness with you… to be the centerpiece of everything you do.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I’m not here to preach hate or push people down.

The revealed Word awakened me, but it was the preached Word that saved me, and I must ever attach peculiar value to the hearing of the truth, for by it I received the joy and peace in which my soul delights.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Was Jesus the son of God? Yes. But so are you. You just haven’t realized it yet.

Things don’t have to change the world to be important.

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.

Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.

Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.

I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

I’m tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he’s not a predator. He doesn’t have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things – such as traditional marriage – that, I think, express a community’s concern and regard for a particular institution.

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on.

A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‚darkness‘ on the walls of his cell.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

All you have in business is your reputation – so it’s very important that you keep your word.

Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history… this is what makes you strong. It’s not looking out that’s going to do that – it’s looking in.

I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash… If anything, that’s all giving me power.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

Right now, we don’t have a very good relation with creation.

My work and my family are very important to me.

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that’s all. So we direct our values to material things.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.

It’s better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

Until you pray, God cannot work.

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

If there really is a god, then he really looks after me.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.

Start your week off right by getting back to what is really important – honoring God.

A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.

God always has patience.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.

I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

This lady is not for turning.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

I have always believed in God.