Prayer is essentially a process by which ideals are enabled to become operative in our lives. It may be more than this, but it is at least this.

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

Eternal life is personal existence in continuity with the present life, but transfigured.

the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.

One can be coerced to church, but not to worship.

The great danger is that in the confession of any collective sin, one shall confess the sins of others and forget our own.

... we all know how to pray better than we practice what we know!

Religion is the most widely debated and least agreed upon phenomenon of human history.

Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.

The perpetual danger which besets religion is that it may substitute gentility and aestheticism for prophetic insight and power.

To keep God at the center of one's life requires frequent renewal of power through prayer.

The only way to find art is to lose touch with reality.

Love is the strength of the life.

Everyone will not favor you or respect your beliefs, passion and purpose--so be it. But do not allow the views of others to hinder your quest. Remain steadfast.

With diligent practice, you will be an expert.

It was so easy to sell anything to the common people, if one could add an element of magic and some religion into it

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices, be sure they are your own.

Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.

I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart