The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found but must forever seek as an Ideal.

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.

I don't think it's cool for people to say, 'You shouldn't reference God because I don't believe that, and I don't want to hear it.' Well, there's a lot of stuff I don't believe that I still gotta hear.

Spiritual 'exercise' keeps your mind in shape the way physical exercise keeps your body in shape.

Where I go, where He takes me, that's where I need to spread the love of God. Because people's souls are dying. My soul was dying. And He saved me.