The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies.
What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.
The Bible is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies. This Bible is built mainly out of fragments of older Bibles that had their day and crumbled to ruin. So it noticeably lacks in originality, necessarily. Its three or four most imposing and impressive events all happened in earlier Bibles; there are only two new things in it: hell, for one, and that singular heaven I have told you about.
My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.
There were times when I was tempted to do wrong, and could have went that way. But I knew it wasn't for me. I was told enough times that it catches up with you, and I believe it.
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
The church is the gym of the soul.
The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.
Towards orthodox religion, father's own attitude remained one of tolerance. He looked upon the New Testament as the noble story of a human being which, because of ignorance and the lack of printing presses, had become exaggerated. He maintained that religions served their purpose; some people depended on them all their lives to make them honest. Others did not need to be so held in line. But subjection to any church was a reflection on strength and character. You should be able to get from yourself what you had to go go church for.
When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.
Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say.
Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation.
I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.
The responsibility to seek learning by faith rests upon each of us individually, and this obligation will become increasingly important as the world in which we live grows more confused and troubled.
The people sometimes may be misled by the lying spirit in the mouths of their prophets, but never perverted; and in the end are always right.
Obviously you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that the Bible can be used to appreciate life.
It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore.
When I was in college, I majored in comparative religion because I really wanted to figure out if there was God and how I should live my life.
All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy - but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that's how I am guided.
Principles are like a seed in the ground; they must continually be visited with heavenly influences or else your life will be a barren field.
The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.
To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble.
Let princes choose ministers … rather upon conscience than upon bravery.
1st Baron Verulam
