This thing comes to me, not by the hearing of the ear, but by my own personal experience: I know of a surety that Jesus manifests Himself unto His people as He doth not unto the world.

The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality – it connects you to reality.

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.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

We all have two lives: an inner life and an outer life. Your inner life is your soul life, which includes your mind, will and emotions. Your outer life is your physical life. And while God cares about every detail of your life, He is more concerned with your inner life than your outer life.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

I’m the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren’t no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn’t know about them.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

My word will never be as strong as God’s word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

We make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.

I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.

We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.

Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

I’ve been praying that we might have a spiritual awakening. But I think that becomes possible as individuals surrender their lives fresh and anew to Christ.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

What really matters is how God sees me. He isn’t concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man’s soul.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

If one accepts the terms of the covenant and obeys God’s law, he or she receives the blessings associated with the covenant.

I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known.

I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to die to find out that there is.

There have been times that I’ve wept as I’ve gone from city to city and I’ve seen how far people have wandered from God.

In our home there was always prayer – aloud, proud and unapologetic.

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them… may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.

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.

A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

All of my writing is God-given.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.

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

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.

For me, education has never been simply a policy issue – it’s personal. Neither of my parents and hardly anyone in the neighborhood where I grew up went to college. But thanks to a lot of hard work and plenty of financial aid, I had the opportunity to attend some of the finest universities in this country.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.