“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” 
― Isaac Newton

“There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” 
― Kurt Vonnegut

“One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.” 
― Thomas Paine

“At such times, the heart of man turns instictively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him afraid, he remembers Him not, and is ready to defy Him; but place him in the midst of dangers, cut him off from human aid, let the grave open before him, then it is, in the time of his tribulation, that the scoffer and unbelieving man turns to God for help, feeling there is no other hope, or refuge, or safety, save in his protecting arm.” 
― Solomon Northup

“Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.” 
― C.S. Lewis

“Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.” 
― Lenny Bruce

“Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. ” 
― Abigail Adams