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

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!

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.

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.

But why always think the worst of people? What would she be doing to herself if she adopted that attitude to life? It was better to think the best and be wrong than to think the worst and be wrong.

An Irish queer: a fellow who prefers women to drink.

I really love having an awareness.

The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.

Knowledge is not power; Implementation is power

The good Lord set definite limits on man's wisdom, but set no limits on his stupidity.

So easy it is to see the errors of past ages, so difficult to acknowledge our own!

Good students are good at all things.

Don't think she can breathe over there, chief." drawled Shaun. "Pretty sure she hasn't kicked the oxygen habit yet.

What you have to get is a ocean of love within your heart and to seek that in others also.