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If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals?
The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace
Let us make that one point - that no child will be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, or killed and thrown away.
In vocal prayer we speak to God; in mental prayer he speaks to us. It is then that God pours Himself into us.
If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.
It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.
Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.
I remind you that I belong with great ardor to everyone and for this reason I am suffering immensely for all.
There is no use if knowledge grows while desires multiply. It makes one a hero in words and a zero in action.
Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever.
Human society needs essntially fellow-feeling and unity. When these two are present, humanness will flourish.
[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
The greater and more persistent your confidence in God, the more abundantly you will receive all that you ask.
What is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to His power, but that which is contrary to His nature.
A promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.
Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God.
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
Better that I find you, God, and leave the questions unanswered, than to find the answers without finding you.
I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.
Prayer must emanate from the heart, where God resides, and not from the head where doctrines and doubts clash.
Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state.
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.
Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient.
A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.
A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer.
When you say a prayer, He (The Holy Spirit) is in every word of it, and like a Holy Fire, penetrates each word.
Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
This morning my soul is greater than the world since it possesses You, You whom heaven and earth do not contain
A disobedient soul will win no victory, even if the Lord Jesus himself, in person, were to hear its confession.
Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.
Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.
Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile.
Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.
There should be less talk. . . . What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.
Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.
Only in Heaven will everything be as beautiful as spring, as pleasant as autumn, and as full of love as summer.
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin".
The nation can prosper and be happy only when education develops in an atmosphere of Truth, Love and Reverence.
Keep on adding, keep on walking, keep on progressing: do not delay on the road, do not go back, do not deviate.
The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.
Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life; contemplate on God, who is the master of all life.
God will certainly be pleased if you give water for the thirsty, bread for the hungry and clothes to the naked.