I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianity in the church, that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct plainest easiest and least liable to exception.

All that the future holds in store for each sacred child of God will be shaped by his or her parents, family, friends, and teachers. Thus, our faith now becomes part of our posterity’s faith later.

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

I read the ‚Old Testament‘ all the way through when I was about 13 and was horrified. A few months afterwards I read ‚The Origin Of Species‘, hallucinating very mildly because I was in bed with flu at the time. Despite that, or because of that, it all made perfect sense.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn’t believe and doesn’t seek the faith. Premise that – and it’s the fundamental thing – the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn’t believe in God lies in obeying one’s conscience.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

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

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

You don’t have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don’t have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

We can approach God’s throne with boldness because we are confident in the power of what Jesus accomplished for us at the cross.

The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.

If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed.

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.

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

Whether full-time missionaries or members, we should all be good examples of the believers in Jesus Christ.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person’s life. God is in everyone’s life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else – God is in this person’s life. You can – you must – try to seek God in every human life.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he’ll be there.

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

A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others.

Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.

Until you pray, God cannot work.

The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.

When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you’d been the only man in the world.

I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race – racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic – what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race.

Whether we’re happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

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.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

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

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

God always has patience.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

The last thing the devil wants you to do is be an obedient Christian.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

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

I don’t think that faith, whatever you’re being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don’t want to explain this whole life business through truth, science. There’s so much mystery. There’s so much awe.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they’re not all growing in their faith, they’re not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Religion is part of the human make-up. It’s also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.

There are two great forces, God’s force of good and the devil’s force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don’t understand.

And if a person is religious, I think it’s good, it helps you a bit. But if you’re not, at least you can have the sense that there is a condition inside you which looks at the stars with amazement and awe.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.