Religion Quotes

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

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

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

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

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples my philosophy is kindness.

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

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple the philosophy is kindness.