One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else. Accordingly, I find that the one thing which I want to put into practice in my own life is the conscious and deliberate habit of finding someone to thank.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.

The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.

Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.