Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

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 don’t think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesn’t at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

On a spiritual level, it’s as though with my sighted eye I see what’s before me, and with my unsighted eye I see what’s hidden. It’s illuminated life more than darkened it.

I have nowhere claimed nor even implied that unbelief is a guarantee of good conduct or even an indicator of it.

It’s always interesting about God because it’s like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self?

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

Scoutcraft is a means through which the veriest hooligan can be brought to higher thought and to the elements of faith in God; and, coupled with the Scout’s obligation to do a good turn every day, it gives the base of Duty to God and to Neighbour on which the parent or pastor can build with greater ease the form of belief that is desired.

I got my own back.

When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don’t find any conflict among them.

There’s only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that’s all. So we direct our values to material things.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

I believe that Jesus realized his oneness with God and he showed, what he attempted to do was show the way to all of us, how to realize our own onenes with God also, so he’s a precursor.

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

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

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I’m going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that’s what will happen.

I can’t prove it scientifically, that there’s a God, but I believe.

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of ‚easy believism.‘ There is a mindset today that if people believe in God and do good works, they are going to Heaven.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

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.

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.

If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

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.

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.

Clinicians, academicians, and politicians are often put to a test of faith. In pursuit of their goals, will their religion show or will it be hidden? Are they tied back to God or to man?

Saints need sinners.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy’s valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God’s presence.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It’s God’s will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.

I believe in a passion for inclusion.

I’ve read the last page of the Bible. It’s all going to turn out all right.

A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren’t dependent on Washington doing something different.

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

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life – that is, to be happy.

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics.

Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

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.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

The Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation… But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.

I never ask anyone else’s opinion. They don’t count.

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

We’re not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.