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

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

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

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

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

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is read more

A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle -- pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.'.

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important read more

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.