Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Man is not born to atheism. He is born to believe.

Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, ‚Well, good on you. See you there.‘

I try to look on all the great things God’s done, and not focus on the negative. It’s a perspective.

I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

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

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

I believe in being an innovator.

I don’t want to impugn the motives of my colleagues, but my attitude is, speaking just for me, you either believe in border security or you don’t.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life – that is to say, over 35 – there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.

The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is the soul. That is who you are in essence.

When men do not have healthy notions of the Divinity, false ideas supplant them, just as in bad times one uses counterfeit money when there is no good money.

All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

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

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.

It was the experience of mystery – even if mixed with fear – that engendered religion.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence.

The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.

You may make some mistakes – but that doesn’t make you a sinner. You’ve got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all.

If you’ve lost your spirit, even living in the richest country in the world can’t help you become rich.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

I’ve taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God.

When I have a terrible need of – shall I say the word – religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

My word will never be as strong as God’s word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

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

It’s impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.

I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

I don’t argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus‘ message was simple.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to die to find out that there is.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

I’m going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: ‚Lord, remember me.‘

For ninety per cent of those who view him from outside, the Christian God looks like a great landowner administering his estates, the world. Now this conventional picture, which is too well justified by appearances, corresponds in no way to the dogmatic basis or point of view of the Gospels.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.

God helps those who help themselves.

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.

Whenever I’m confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.

What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I’m not who I say I am when it comes to my faith – something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

What I’m asking for is hard. It’s easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn’t possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don’t matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

India has 2,000,000 gods and worships them all. In religion, all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.