The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. Use this quote
Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family. Use this quote
It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith in or not. Yeah, sure, I'm still optimistic I mean, I get pessimistic sometimes but not for long. Use this quote
I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. Use this quote
Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside? Use this quote
We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm. Use this quote
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. Use this quote
Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world. Use this quote
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. Use this quote
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion. Use this quote
Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs. Use this quote
God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. Use this quote
I think the American people, understandably, have sort of lost faith in the United Nations. Use this quote
All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. Use this quote
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion. Use this quote
What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others. Use this quote
There's no down time any more. Use this quote
It is from the womb of art that criticism was born. Use this quote
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club. Use this quote
I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me. Telling me I was gay and I should go home with them and stuff. Use this quote