All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

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

Those whom the gods love grow young.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

You just have to have a simple faith.

The most effective prayers are usually the simple prayers.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can make it happen. Thankfully, He doesn’t expect us to make ourselves holy. He just wants us to learn to depend on Him to make us holy.

Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.

God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we’re small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they’ve had forever. And they’ve been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.

We do not pray to God to instruct Him as to what He should do; neither for a moment must we presume to dictate the method of the divine working.

Someone said to me, ‚If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?‘ My answer was then and still is, ‚If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.‘

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‚O God, forgive me,‘ or ‚Help me.‘

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

I used to carry my father’s Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.

What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope… It is not a reflection of all religious people.

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It’s a battle you can’t hope to win – it’s a battle that’s going to go on forever. It’s part of the human condition.

When it comes to our everyday habits, it’s important to ask: ‚Am I putting God first?‘

It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill.

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

I don’t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

I don’t control my writing – it controls me.

I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.

I think there’s a lot of similarity between what people try to do with religion with what they want from art. In fact, I very specifically think that they are same thing. Not that religion and art are the same, but that they both tap into the same need we have for surrender.

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one’s person.

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

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We’re all god.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you believe He will hear you; but if you believe He will, He will be as good as your faith.

Our God is a forgiving God.

God helps those who help themselves.

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn’t mean I am immortal. It doesn’t mean I am immune, as has been claimed. I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, especially driving a Formula One car.

‚Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

I used to say to my late wife, ‚I have great faith in the American people.‘

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

Words are loaded pistols.

Sin, also for those who don’t have faith, exists when one goes against one’s conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

God doesn’t do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it’s not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm.

So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

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.

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?

Within all of us is a divine capacity to manifest and attract all that we need and desire.

If God dropped acid, would he see people?