Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.

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

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

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.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

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.

Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us… While what we call ‚our own life‘ remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make ‚our own life‘ less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?

Jesus didn’t die for us so we could pretend to be something we’re not.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

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

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

I like to read books. I like to listen to music.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

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.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one’s person.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are – more humane.

The ‚soul‘ is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.

Development of outlook naturally begins with a respect for God… Reverence to God and reverence for one’s neighbor and reverence for oneself as a servant of God.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

I thank God I’m myself and for the life I’m given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me.

The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.

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

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

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

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‚O God, forgive me,‘ or ‚Help me.‘

It’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

God doesn’t dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.

People talk to people who perceive nothing, who have open eyes and see nothing; they shall talk to them and receive no answer; they shall adore those who have ears and hear nothing; they shall burn lamps for those who do not see.

Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.

God always takes the simplest way.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

One’s own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one’s Maker and no one else’s.

When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

Here’s the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don’t find it anywhere else.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this – that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made – not to understand – but to feel – as crime.

I serve God.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

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.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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.

I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief… All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.

He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn’t want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Only God can look at somebody’s heart.

I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people’s throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

You see, you are a spirit, you have a soul, and you live in a body. You have emotions, you have thoughts, you have a will, and you have a conscience. You are a complex being! And Jesus came to heal every single part of you. There’s not one part that He doesn’t want to make completely whole.

No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related. You cannot escape from that absolute fact. You cannot exist in isolation.

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

This is love: the flowering of love is meditation.