God

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."

"The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver."

"Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary."

"The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince."

"As if nothing that does not obviously make for the benefit of man had any right to exist; as if our ways were God's ways."

"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."

"Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?"

"Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead."

"I would rather live my life as if there is a god and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."

"Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist."

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

"God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try."

"Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor."

"We are all pencils in the hand of God."

"My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet."

"When goodness is lost there is morality."

"Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly."

"I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God."

"It is easy to proclaim all souls equal in the sight of God; it is hard to make men equal on earth in the sight of men."

"In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you."

"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own."

"May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies."

"I hope for better things, and I thank God the world is also full of people who want to be genuine and kind."