Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard
God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that. Joseph Campbell
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Galileo Galilei
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. George Bernard Shaw
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul. Khalil Gibran
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. Francis of Assisi
God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. Friedrich Nietzsche
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Frederick Douglass
We are punished by our sins, not for them. Elbert Hubbard
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life. Swami Vivekananda
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. Gilbert K. Chesterton
So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you search, and you will find knock, and the door will be opened for you. Jesus Christ
For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Jesus Christ
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god. Napoleon Bonaparte
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Pope John Paul II
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. Henry Ward Beecher
To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer. Martin Luther
Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known. Blaise Pascal