Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

I am not an atheist; I believe in God. But my religion ends there. I have my own personal belief system that is so strong it allows me to do what I do. I don't have to worry about going to Hell because of Slayer, you know? Everyone has a personal belief system and believes in life somehow.

Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.

I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others.

I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.

My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.

A woman once said to me, 'Any religion that is to be any good to one must be one they make for themselves,' - and it is so. She, curiously, was a clergyman's wife.

I carry my own church about under my own hat," said I. "Bricks and mortar won't make a staircase to heaven. I believe with your Master that the human heart is the best temple.

I'm spiritual but I don't practice any sort of thing.

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

I prayed every night that God would keep my family safe. But as far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.

I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside.

But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday.

I don't even call myself a Christian.

I'm a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me.

My family is Muslim. But I don't consider myself a very devout Muslim, but a cultural Muslim, whatever that means.

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

I believe that your religion should be between you and whoever your belief is in.

I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.

Faith comes not by compulsion, but it is a matter of free choice; therefore, no one has the authority to compel anyone else in such matters, nor to coerce him with new laws

No human being - and certainly no man - has the right to define for me what my understanding of God is.

I believe in God, but I'm not dominated by it.

I do not believe in a universal religion any more than I believe in a universal language. My feeling is that people have to make their own religion as they have to make their arts and their parishes, and that they must find their own salvation; the salvation mongers are of not much avail.

Not only should the Indonesian people believe in God, but every Indonesian should believe in his own God.

I refuse the oration of all churches. I ask a prayer of all souls. I believe in God.

I was raised Catholic and I have a lot of respect for the good in the Catholic Church. But I don't go to church.