Philosophy on faith

“Faith is the highest passion in a human being.”

“Since the Devil is the adversary of Christ he should occupy a position equivalent to his and be the Son of God as well. Satan would be the first Son of God and Christ the second.”

“If the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state.”

“We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes.”

“For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, though I never received one cent for it.”

“Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called, and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.”

“Certainly it is correct to say: Conscience is the voice of God.”

“Bach wrote on the title page of his Orgelbüchlein: To the glory of the most high God, and that my neighbour may be benefited thereby. That is what I would have liked to say about my work.”

“Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.”

“Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.”

“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”

“Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.”

“I suppose the body to be nothing but a statue or machine made of earth, which God forms with the explicit intention of making it as much as possible like us.”

“To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.”

“But all this language gotten, and augmented by Adam and his posterity, was again lost at the tower of Babel, when by the hand of God, every man was stricken for his rebellion, with an oblivion of his former language.”