There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

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

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 thank God I’m myself and for the life I’m given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me.

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

Our God is a forgiving God.

God never promised us a trouble-free life.

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

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

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Neither of my parents went to church, but they did everything that you needed to do to be Christian. That’s something a Quaker would call an intimation of the divine.

So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

I’m trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He’s for them and has a purpose.

Love of God is not always the same as love of good.

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

I am a simple Buddhist monk – no more, no less.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

I’m more of a realist when it comes to life, and I’d much rather my mother be in a spiritual place in Heaven than in a bed, sick, fighting for her life.

Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure.

God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this low-level misery or uneasiness about whatever it is we’ve done or we’re about to do. At times like this, it’s wise to prayerfully consider whether we’re offending God with our actions.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, ‚I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.‘

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

God always has patience.

I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here.

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

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

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

We teach that God’s love for His children is infinite.

I didn’t want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, ‚Why did you do that?‘ This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.

Right now, we don’t have a very good relation with creation.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.

In the divine milieu, all the elements of the universe touch each other by that which is most inward and ultimate in them. There they concentrate, little by little, all that is purest and most attractive in them without loss and without danger of subsequent corruption.

You just have to have a simple faith.

I know, to banish anger altogether from one’s breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God’s grace.

All religions have been made by men.

I answer only to God.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

I’m grateful for the evangelical resurgence we’ve seen across the world in the last half-century or so. It truly has been God’s doing.

If in prayer I come before a throne of grace, the faults of my prayer will be overlooked.

Our personal intelligence is everlasting and divine.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

God to me is love.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

I’m not the judge. You know, God didn’t tell me to go around judging everybody.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would say they don’t want or need more of God’s power in their life.

God is everywhere.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

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.