Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

Fear is present when we forget that we are a part of God’s divine design. Learning to experience authentic love means abandoning ego’s insistence that you have much to fear and that you are in an unfriendly world. You can make the decision to be free from fear and doubt and return to the brilliant light of love that is always with you.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us.

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

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.

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly.

I don’t let my religious world get too complicated.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn’t say I lived in a ghetto; I’d say I lived in the ‚hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now.

The devil ain’t got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil’s a good friend, too… because when you don’t know him, that’s the time he can mosh you down.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

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.

As you pray for the Holy Spirit to make you aware of thoughts that come into your mind that don’t line up with God’s Word, you’ll begin to realize when those thoughts come and you can renew your mind with the Word.

My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We’re all god.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

I do things I love doing. Sometimes that is maybe going out to have a drink with friends, going out partying or whatever.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

I’m going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

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

No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws.

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship – never.

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.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

Our faith is released as we say, pray and do the Word.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

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

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

Writing is fun – at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That’s easy to manage.

Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil… prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That’s a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

I’m just wanting to make the proper breakfast and keep the house. That’s my passion. At the request of my kids, I’m taking cooking classes. As I go to sleep at night, I think, ‚Did I do a great job as a mom, or was that an average day?‘

There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.

The Jesuits have a vow to obey the pope, but if the pope is a Jesuit, maybe he should have a vow to obey the superior general… I feel like I’m still a Jesuit in terms of my spirituality, what I have in my heart.

I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.

God never promised us a trouble-free life.

If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.

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.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

I think that if all kids aspire to reach a point where they could feed themselves and a few of their friends, this would be good for the world surely.

All the goodness I have within me is totally from the Lord alone. When I sin, it is from me and is done on my own, but when I act righteously, it is wholly and completely of God.

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

We think when God speaks to us, there’s going to be a boom out of Heaven or we’re going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God’s talking to us all the time. He’s talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it’s the Holy Spirit talking to us.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.

Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

Being part of a community with a church at its centre and singin‘ hymns is a great thing to do.

I’ve missed out on a lot of things, going out with friends.

Start your week off right by getting back to what is really important – honoring God.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

There are many levels of Christianity. There are many notions about God. To believe that God is a person is just one of the notions of God that you can find in Christianity. So, we should not say that there is one Christianity. There are many Christianities.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

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.

Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.