Some nights in the midst of this loneliness I swung among the scattered stars at the end of the thin thread of faith alone.
Heaven is such that all who have lived well, of whatever religion, have a place there.
Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.
A person who knows all that is good and all that is true---as much as can be known---but does not resist evils, knows nothing.
Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.
Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
What are you doing now?” Al questioned, listing heavily as he tucked another one of those bottles under his arm and staggered for the cot half hidden behind a curtain. “Seeing if your circumcision is gone? It is.
Capitalism, as practiced, is a financially profitable, non-sustainable aberration in human development.
Jesus was a lover of life, a very affirmative person, but Christianity is life-negative.