Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.

When I see children, I see the face of God. That is why I love them so much. That is what I see.

The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God finger on man shoulder.

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

God is not compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.

I am most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He is given me the vision to truly see that you can fall down, but you can still get back up. Hopefully I will learn from my mistakes and have the opportunity to strengthen and improve the next thing I do.