The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

One can be coerced to church, but not to worship.

the most common type of pessimism is neither philosophical nor religious: it is the pessimism of thwarted desire. ... It is the cynical sneer of the man who, seeking roses, finds only ashes.

Life is a continual alternation of rest and action, of the need of comfort and the need of power.

To pray well one must pray much.

Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.

To discover, or recover, the sense of religious certainty one must worship.