Too many Christians live their lives like slaves – to the devil – because they believe his lies more than they trust God.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will’s freedom after it.

Forgiveness is God’s command.

The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.

So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa.

Don’t be misled by those who claim God doesn’t exist, because He does.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.

I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Back in my days as a chemistry student, I used to be quite a technocrat. I was firmly convinced that scientists would have cornered God and photographed Him in color by 1951.

Through fidelity, we situate ourselves and maintain ourselves in the hands of God so exactly as to become one with them in their action.

They say miracles are past.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

I have learned from personal experience that putting trust in God means there will be some unanswered questions. That was a hard lesson for me because I naturally want to understand everything… to know what’s going on so I can feel like I’m in control.

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.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

I really believed that fear is contagious.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

Religion, born of the earth’s need for the disclosing of a god, is related to and co-extensive with not the individual man, but the whole of mankind.

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

I’m not one icon. I’m every icon. I’m an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

If it’s illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

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.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

I did study religion for a little while. I studied the Torah and the Holy Koran, Helios Biblos, which is considered by most people to be the Holy Bible. I just wanted to know, even with Buddhism and the Dalai Llama.

I don’t think even ungodly people realize what a society would be like that had no godly influence at all.

If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

Logically, harmony must come from the heart… Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don’t see why anybody does.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.

I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.

A lot of churches have not moved with the times.

Freedom lies in being bold.

God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concern. He also wants us to turn to Him and bring our heartaches and burdens to Him.

We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.

There is no scriptural basis for segregation.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

I’m working at trying to be a Christian, and that’s serious business. It’s like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy – it’s serious business.

The moral systems of religion, I think, are super important.

There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.