To me, ideology is corrupt; it’s a parasite on religious structures. To be an ideologue is to have all of the terrible things that are associated with religious certainty and none of the utility. If you’re an ideologue, you believe everything that you think. If you’re religious, there’s a mystery left there.

Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all possible superstitions, as long as they are not murderous, than to live without religion.

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.

I believe in the battle-whether it’s the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.

If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.

When men do not have healthy notions of the Divinity, false ideas supplant them, just as in bad times one uses counterfeit money when there is no good money.

When Jesus comes to live in our hearts, the seed of holiness is planted.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.

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

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, ‚Hey, I did my religious duty.‘ That’s fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you’re talking to God. Even if it’s in your thoughts.

I’m conservative, but I’m not a nut about it.

It’s always interesting about God because it’s like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

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

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don’t say that disrespectfully, but they’ve been shown a God that you can’t measure up to.

When we speak of faith – the faith that can move mountains – we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.

God does not play dice.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

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.

Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

I hope I would not be so arrogant as to doubt anyone’s religion or belief.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

All religions must be tolerated… for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

Back in my days as a chemistry student, I used to be quite a technocrat. I was firmly convinced that scientists would have cornered God and photographed Him in color by 1951.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious faith. Not so of for-profit corporations. Workers who sustain the operations of those corporations commonly are not drawn from one religious community.

We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.

Jesus isn’t lettin‘ you off the hook. The Scriptures don’t let you off the hook so easily… When people say, you know, ‚Good teacher‘, ‚Prophet‘, ‚Really nice guy‘ … this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can be bolstered as we learn about Him and live our religion. The doctrine of Jesus Christ was designed by the Lord to help us increase our faith.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world… to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won’t get played Huh?

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

The word ‚Christianity‘ is already a misunderstanding – in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

I don’t think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesn’t at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang.