"Our liberties do not come from charters; for these are only the declaration of pre-existing rights. They do not depend on parchments or seals; but come from the King of Kings and the Lord of all the earth."
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"The crowning evidence that he lives is not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled-away stone, but a carried-away church."
"I admit that thoughts influence the body."
"Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness."
"If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution - and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity."
"Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do"
"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are details."
"You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings."
"If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe."
"A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man"
"The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods."
"We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress."
"It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else and to offer such service as quickly as possible. If a needy person requires medicine or other help during prayer time, do whatever has to be done with peace of mind. Offer the deed to God as your prayer.... Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity."
"God not only sees where you are, He sees where you can be."
"Every creature is a word of God."
"Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe."
"God is all there is - God includes everything, all possibility and all action, for Spirit is the invisible essence and substance of all form."
"We are never defeated unless we give up on God."
"Sometimes I wonder will God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other? Then I look around and I realize God left this place a long time ago."
"Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong."