The forces, movements, and energies that today we call religious, spiritual, or faith-based have related through the ages in diverse ways to the sphe…

- Martin E. Marty

All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity

- Martin E. Marty

God, through Jesus Christ, welcomes you anyhow.

- Martin E. Marty

Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing?

- Martin E. Marty

Each conquest of distance reveals greater distance.

- Martin E. Marty

There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come as a result of a search; it can c…

- Martin E. Marty

Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules and regulations in order …

- Martin E. Marty

A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.

- Martin E. Marty

The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

- Martin E. Marty