Karl Pilkington Quotes

It's hard to rest knowing that millions of people merely carry on religious traditions but don't actually reach God.

Do I worship God or what other people think of me?

Religion has been an essential part of my life ever since I was baptised. My personal journey with God has been very important throughout my life.

Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with God is the ultimate goal.

My one purpose in life is to help people find a personal relationship with God, which, I believe, comes through knowing Christ.

We should provide the meaning of the universe in the meaning of our own lives. So I think science doesn't necessarily have to get in the way of kind of spiritual fulfillment.

But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday.

Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.

My prayer life and my connection with God are on the highest level.

A vague religion—all about feeling God in nature, and so on—is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work; like watching the waves from the beach. But you will not get to Newfoundland by studying the Atlantic, and you will not get eternal life by simply feeling the presence of God in Flowers or music.

Many people conceive of religion as something apart from everyday affairs of the world. They think of it in terms of ceremony or ritual or sermons and often it strikes them as being dull or not particularly interesting. Religion may be described in many ways. I like to think of it as a medicine, a healing medicine for the mind.

We are a temple-building and a temple-attending people.

I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.

For many people, there is an almost power to be found in prayer.

Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. I've always been one to... I'm not just a boxer.

I think being really connected to a higher power, of having a spirituality to me, has been really good for me and I pray all the time.

Religion is the first thing and the last thing, and until a man has found God and been found by God, he begins at no beginning, he works to no end.

I think religion is often very different from spirituality. Religion is often about rules and people trying to control our lives who are actually very unspiritual... God can be found anywhere, and in fact, everywhere. And you don

Obviously you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that the Bible can be used to appreciate life.

Your worst day with God is still better than your best day without Him.

The greatest comfort in this life is having a close relationship with God.

I think people, if you really want to be happy, you have to find God yourself, and you're going to have to have a personal, one-on-one relationship and not look to get through these traditions or these rituals and all this crazy stuff when you could talk to him right here, right now, anytime, anywhere, any place, from any position. And that's the kind of relationship you want, not a standard.

Religions fulfill deep-seated psychological needs for people, and if you don't get it from a specific religious doctrine, you'll get it from the kind of films I like to make. A film like The Terminator is consciously meant to give a sense of empowerment to the individual.

Religion is intended to facilitate hope and faith. Much like a path is intended to facilitate a journey.

I think that religion is an integral part of human needs, but the question also is how you understand religion.