I don’t believe in God but I’m very interested in her.

I am radically, insanely, nutty in love with Jesus!

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

If a subject excites us, if it stirs our deepest curiosity, or if we have to learn because the stakes are high, we pay much more attention. What we absorb sinks in.

Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that’s important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

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

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Don’t be misled by those who claim God doesn’t exist, because He does.

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.

Funny is the world I live in. You’re funny, I’m interested. You’re not funny, I’m not interested.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

Well, we can’t say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

The thing that doesn’t fit is the thing that’s the most interesting: the part that doesn’t go according to what you expected.

No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

I don’t think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

We’re in the last days, man – I truly, in my heart, believe that. It’s written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it’s about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.

I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens.

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we’re hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.

When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He’s the Christ, raised from the dead, that He’s his savior – that’s good enough for me.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you’re supposed to be.

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

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.

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.

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

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.

You don’t see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.

The reason why I wear gold – I wear gold for three reasons. One, when Jesus was born, three wise men came from the east: one brought frankincense, one brought myrrh, the other one brought gold. The second reason I wear gold is I can afford it. The third reason I wear it, it’s symbolic of my African heritage.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

Christ didn’t choose the rich to preach the doctrine; he choose 12 poor ignorant workers – that is, he chose the proletariat of the times.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

I’m just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Spiritual worldliness kills! It kills the soul! It kills the Church!

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

I don’t believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn’t say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It’s an ongoing process.

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.

There are some Christian people who taste and see and enjoy religion in their own souls, and who get at a deeper knowledge of it than books can ever give them, though they should search all their days.

I don’t believe in icons.

To you I’m an atheist; to God, I’m the Loyal Opposition.

Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, ‚But how can it be like that?‘ because you will get ‚down the drain,‘ into a blind alley from which nobody has yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that.

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don’t see why anybody does.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

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

Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it – I think that’s important.

He who doesn’t pray to the Lord prays to the devil.

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

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.