I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

Every person who confesses that Christ Jesus is Lord, repents of their sin and gives their heart to God is a child of God and belongs to Him. And in Christ, we are made right with God, we are His righteousness, and we have the power of Christ in us to live right.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That’s what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

There is a power in God’s gospel beyond all description.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don’t have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

I just want to lobby for God.

There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

One of the things I love most about being at home is that I’m comfortable there. And since we are the home of Christ, we need to make sure He’s comfortable in us.

From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It’s just that the translations have gone wrong.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

I don’t know a country in the world that doesn’t have borders and doesn’t want to know who is coming into their country.

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?

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

I’m going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

I do put a lot of God in my music, but not because I’m super religious. There are a lot of demons in my music, too. I acknowledge both.

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison.

There are so many things we have to overcome in this life with Jesus, His work on the cross. He’s paid the ultimate price for us, so I’m proud to be a child of God.

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

To gather with God’s people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

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

I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.

The Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

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

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

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.

I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.

This is Sunday, and the question arises, what’ll I start tomorrow?

One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

In Egypt, on the eve of Tahrir Square, there was a major poll which found that overwhelmingly – 80-90%, numbers like that – Egyptians regarded the main threats they face as the U.S. and Israel. They don’t like Iran – Arabs generally don’t like Iran – but they didn’t consider it a threat.

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.

I love tattoos. And mine symbolise who I really am. I have a Samurai on my left arm. At a subconscious level, I connect to this warrior and model myself on his discipline, skills and honour. There is also a tribal tattoo and a Chinese symbol of faith. I have seen a lot of people getting tattoos just because it’s a trend.

It’s hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring.

Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness.

God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.