"Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be."
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"O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!"
"Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god."
"Prayer does not change God, it changes us. It deepens insight, increases intuitive perception, expands consciousness. It transforms personality."
"Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the voice of reason, it is playing God, and should be spanked and stood in the corner."
"From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest."
"Deeply I go down into myself. My god is Dark and like a webbing made of a hundred roots that drink in silence."
"We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come."
"It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body."
"The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods."
"But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God."
"Every calling is great when greatly pursued."
"We should be reminding ourselves that no matter how many problems may be facing us, the One Who is with us is greater than all those who oppose us."
"You know, it's one thing to say you believe. It's another thing to have your faith tested severely and come out on the other side of it still believing God."
"Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying"
"The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity."
"You know my God. My God is called love"
"God enters our lives when through our creative interchanges we make history more just."
"He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life."
"They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse."