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

In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.

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

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.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don’t. I feel that it’s quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well.

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.

For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you will ever make.

Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

All religions have been made by men.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

I don’t think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me.

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.

I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

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.

New York is definitely ready for the word of God.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Certain though I am – and ever more certain – that I must press on in life as though Christ awaited me at the term of the universe, at the same time I feel no special assurance of the existence of Christ. Believing is not seeing. As much as anyone, I imagine, I walk in the shadows of faith.

I don’t care about money.

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.

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It’s because I’m not quite an atheist and it worries me. There’s that little bit that holds on: ‚Well, I’m almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.‘

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that’s where a lot of preachers‘ kids get off base sometimes. Because they don’t see the same things at both places.

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

My purpose is to help people look at themselves and begin to shift their concepts. Remember, we are not our country, our race, or religion. We are eternal spirits. Seeing ourselves as spiritual beings without label is a way to transform the world and reach a sacred place for all of humanity.

Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don’t be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do.

The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything.

Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

We do not pray to God to instruct Him as to what He should do; neither for a moment must we presume to dictate the method of the divine working.

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

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

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

I will never say something I don’t agree with or believe in… even if the reward is massive!

There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from danger. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao.

I cannot read a single word of the Hindoos without being elevated.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don’t believe that we’re supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God’s blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that’s how God leads us.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I’m not here to preach hate or push people down.

Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren’t robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You’re dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires.

When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.