"If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you." ― Mahalia Jackson Topic(s): Religion More From Mahalia Jackson "Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them." "They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills." "How can you sing of amazing grace and all God’s wonders without using your hands?" More In Religion "Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."― Carl Sagan "A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one’s religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification."― David Herbert Lawrence "I think it’s perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion."― Dean Koontz