They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

One of the things I love most about being at home is that I’m comfortable there. And since we are the home of Christ, we need to make sure He’s comfortable in us.

Development of outlook naturally begins with a respect for God… Reverence to God and reverence for one’s neighbor and reverence for oneself as a servant of God.

Preparation for a mission is important. A mission is a voluntary act of service to God and humankind. Missionaries support that privilege with their personal savings. Parents, families, friends, and donors to the General Missionary Fund may also assist.

I fear that there are too many priesthood bearers who have done little or nothing to develop their ability to access the powers of Heaven.

The darkness is really out there. It’s not something that’s in my head, just. It’s in my work because it’s in the world.

I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it’s a better way of telling the stories.

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

We’re all put on this earth to walk in His image, the Master.

Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God – but to create him.

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.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

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.

Satan wants us to constantly focus on everything that is wrong with us and look at how far we still have to go. But God desires for us to rejoice in how far we have already come.

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

Every day that goes by puts us closer to the day when Christ will return.

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

Dear friends, we may well sing to our Beloved when it is near the time of our departure. It draws near, and as it approaches, we must not dread it, but rather thank God for it.

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

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

I’m an atheist, and the concept of god for me is all part of what I call ‚the last illusion.‘ The last illusion is someone knows what is going on. Nearly everyone has that illusion somewhere, and it manifests not only in the terms of the idea that there is a god but that it knows what’s going on but that the planets know what’s going on.

In the same way the sun never grows weary of shining, nor a stream of flowing, it is God’s nature to keep His promises. Therefore, go immediately to His throne and say, ‚Do as You promised.‘

Has Jesus saved me? I dare not speak with any hesitation here; I know He has. His Word is true; therefore, I am saved.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God’s bidding.

And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.

How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God’s providence and love and express that gratitude to Him.

I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.

Every day I pray about all I do.

God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator.

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology – absolutely.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.

In legal language, a covenant generally denotes an agreement between two or more parties. But in a religious context, a covenant is much more significant. It is a sacred promise with God. He fixes the terms.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.