It doesn’t matter who likes you or doesn’t like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they’re all welcome, because to me, church is a place you’re supposed to get healed and whole and loved.

In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.

I’m a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

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.

Is man one of God’s blunders? Or is God one of man’s blunders?

God is on my side, and that’s all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don’t pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that’s the end of it.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.

I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.

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.

Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

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.

Back in my days as a chemistry student, I used to be quite a technocrat. I was firmly convinced that scientists would have cornered God and photographed Him in color by 1951.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

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

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you will ever make.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

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

Hate has no place in the house of God.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

Satan wants us to constantly focus on everything that is wrong with us and look at how far we still have to go. But God desires for us to rejoice in how far we have already come.

I don’t have much positive to say about motor neuron disease, but it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I still could do. I’m happier now than before I developed the condition.

Me and my dad are friends. We’re cool. I’ll never be disappointed again, because I don’t expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that’s how we get along.

We teach that God’s love for His children is infinite.

When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.

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

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

Sometimes, you might meet somebody that you love that’s turning into a ‚they.‘ My key is invite them to Miami and take them to the ocean and let them jump off the boat in the ocean, on the sand bar, and cleanse off and pray and then go take a shower, and hopefully the ‚they‘ is out of you.

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative. I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.

I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God’s eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews – everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.

A true man hates no one.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society.

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

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

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He’s done… is doing… and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don’t let yourself ever get used to it… stay amazed!

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action – faithful action, for the world, and in God.