I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen — not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
- Topic: Affirmation, Solitude
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Surely what a man does when he is in an uncomfortable situation is the best evidence for the sort of man he is.
The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or good or joy worth having.
My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.
And then she understood the devilish cunning of the enemies’ plan. By mixing a little truth with it they had made their lie far stronger.
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My own art is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside all rules and demands of society.
Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Words are a lens to focus one's mind.
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
An inability to stay quiet . . . is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.
Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful.
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.