I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.

If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

If I want to do well in racing I need to be more focused so I stopped going to school. If I wasn’t a very good driver it would not be a wise decision, but it gives me an advantage over my competitors.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.

Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?… It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.

If I don’t run for president, we’ll all be OK.

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.

I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work in hearts as the Gospel is carried into stadiums, across the airwaves, and around the world.

You’re president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

If God can’t get you to obey Him concerning your money, he won’t get to anything else you got.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help – and God’s.

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.

I am a Catholic.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I’m not here to preach hate or push people down.

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

It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

I read the book of Job last night, I don’t think God comes out well in it.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‚Thy will be done,‘ and those to whom God says, ‚All right, then, have it your way.‘

I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn’t taught by men – it’s a gift from God.

I just want to lobby for God.

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

My grandpa was a preacher.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

I have learned from personal experience that putting trust in God means there will be some unanswered questions. That was a hard lesson for me because I naturally want to understand everything… to know what’s going on so I can feel like I’m in control.

The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.

A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep and sure than this proclamation.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination – the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things – he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

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

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.

I didn’t want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, ‚Why did you do that?‘ This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.

You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call.

Oh, come, Divine Physician, and bind up every broken bone. Come with Thy sacred nard which Thou hast compounded of Thine own heart’s blood, and lay it home to the wounded conscience and let it feel its power. Oh! Give peace to those whose conscience is like the troubled sea which cannot rest.

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them.

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

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.

I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I’m a human being, too. And I’m on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don’t doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.