A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil’s propagation.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Few people realize that luck is created.

I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Certain though I am – and ever more certain – that I must press on in life as though Christ awaited me at the term of the universe, at the same time I feel no special assurance of the existence of Christ. Believing is not seeing. As much as anyone, I imagine, I walk in the shadows of faith.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people.

The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.

The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives; who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all.

You might say, ‚Can’t we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?‘ In this way we’d become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.

It’s not the destination that matters. It’s the change of scene.

Good men by nature, wish to know. I know that many will call this useless work… men who desire nothing but material riches and are absolutely devoid of that of wisdom, which is the food and only true riches of the mind.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

The battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

Religion, born of the earth’s need for the disclosing of a god, is related to and co-extensive with not the individual man, but the whole of mankind.

You are the universe, you aren’t in the universe.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics.

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

If we say it long enough eventually we’re going to reap a harvest. We’re going to get exactly what we’re saying.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.