We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can’t walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem.

For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.

The great question of our time is, ‚Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?‘

I just think that trusting God means we’re going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we’re never going to understand them all.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

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.

Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, ‚Why god? Why me?‘ and the thundering voice of God answered, ‚There’s just something about you that pisses me off.‘

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

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 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.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

Not only does God play dice, but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

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

I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

I have no time to think about other writers. I am too busy with my own problems.

There are hunters, and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.

God and I have a great relationship, but we both see other people.

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

The one badge of Christian discipleship is not orthodoxy but love.

I’m a strict, strict agnostic. It’s very different from a casual, ‚I don’t know.‘ It’s that you cannot present as knowledge something that is not knowledge. You can present it as faith, you can present it as belief, but you can’t present it as fact.

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

Our body is dependant on Heaven and Heaven on the Spirit.

My family, frankly, they weren’t folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn’t raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.

You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.

I’m honest enough to say I don’t know everything. You know, I don’t. I don’t understand all of God. I don’t understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.

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

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

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn’t believe.

It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well – and for each of God’s children.

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

We are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Our words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God’s Word.

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it’s perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

Spiritual people don’t float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

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

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that’s all. So we direct our values to material things.

It’s like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf… most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord.