E. L. Doctorow Quotes

Sometimes I really want to believe in God. I really admire, in a lot of ways, people who have faith. I think it must be a beautiful thing to believe.

I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don't only believe in God, I know there's God.

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

I believed in God my whole life.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

I focused on where she was from of course, her voice and her history, her relationship with God - her religion. This was probably the strongest relationship she has had, really. She never seemed to maintain close relationships with husbands.

I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

I have always had a deep connection with my faith, and I was fortunate to have been brought up in a Christian environment. My faith is a very important part of who I am.

My faith has always been important to me. It defines who I am.

Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.

I have a very strong belief in God.

Our Lord Christ has surnamed Himself Truth, not Custom.

Believing in God was something I took as much for granted as the air I breathed. Religion wasn't something that came out of a box on Sunday.

I have never doubted. I have had a firm belief in God and the church.

I go to the Catholic Church. God is an important part of my life. If he was not, I don't think I could have survived.

It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something, and for me, that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith.

If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Religion is a mixed blessing.

I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.

I believe in God, absolutely.

I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us still engage it? It's not because it's a set of old beliefs or old ideas. Or even, particularly, the view that this is the only true religion. Many of us no longer accept those views.

At the core of my dad is, he has a very strong faith. He believes very firmly in loving God.