Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can’t stand the suffering anymore.

God wants to help us… He loves us… we are His children. But He will not force His help on us at any time. He sees us when we struggle and fight and complain our way through things. And I believe it breaks His heart, when all we have to do is ask Him for help.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.

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

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.

I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.

I don’t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.

My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we’re hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.

Whatever is making you so angry, it’s time for you to give it to God and get over it.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

I tell people, and it’s the truth, I could sit in my garage for a week and it won’t make me a car. And you can sit in church till your bottom is flat and that won’t make you a servant of Christ.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.

First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn’t believe and doesn’t seek the faith. Premise that – and it’s the fundamental thing – the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn’t believe in God lies in obeying one’s conscience.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

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

All religions have been made by men.

Here’s something that’s contrary to popular belief: I actually don’t like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don’t. I do not like to think at all.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Indeed, the Lord has not forgotten! He has blessed us and others throughout the world with the Book of Mormon.

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.

I am radically, insanely, nutty in love with Jesus!

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

I believe in God – not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.

Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith.

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

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

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

Most of us have hoped and prayed for something to happen a certain way, but it didn’t. And when this happened, we had a choice to make: to react with offense toward God or to trust Him anyway.

I don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

I have been chosen by God Almighty to be one of his messengers.

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you’ve got all the answers, then don’t call what you do ‚faith.‘

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it.

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.

I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you’re a Christian you’ve got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It’s no wonder that Christianity is not very attractive. I mean, how many people do you know in a Western culture that’s going to go, ‚Yeah, give me some of that?‘

It was a privilege to pray with Governor Romney – for his family and our country.

God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don’t have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I’m sure he didn’t call everybody jerks.

God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.

All those who believe in psychokinesis – raise my hand.

Theology is unnecessary.