Quotes About Faith

Charity and alms are recommended in every chapter of the Koran as being the most acceptable services, both to God and the Prophet.

All systems of morality are fine. The gospel alone has exhibited a complete assemblage of the principles of morality, divested of all absurdity. It is not composed, like your creed, of a few common-place sentences put into bad verse. Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

All religions have been made by men.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping the common people quiet.

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

Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them.

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.

I often asked Laplace what he thought of God. He owned that he was an atheist.

Well then, I will tell you. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions will die for Him...

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

We refuse to believe that which we don't understand.

We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call their gods, we name otherwise.

When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is something out of there that is not of human element?

This all happened fifteen years ago. A friend once told me: "Trust in love and it will take you where you need to go." I want to add, "Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go." And don't worry too much about security. You will eventually have a deep security when you begin to do what you want. How many of us with our big salaries are actually secure anyway?

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go." And don't worry too much about security. You will eventually have a deep security when you begin to do what you want.

Trust what you love, continue to do it and it will take you where you need to go.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

Inspiration means breathing in. Breathing in God.

You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.