“I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there; I went to the temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas, but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere. I searched on the mountains and in the valleys, but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find […]
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“If you open yourself to grace working through you, then grace works on you and in you as well. Grace is what has kept me going.” – John Records
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“If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it?” – Benjamin Franklin
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“The most authentic sign we can give ourselves that we have actually begun the process of forgiveness is our prayer. This is true even if the only prayer we can say is to ask to want to forgive. In the beginning it may be too much for us even to pray for the person who hurt us. Perhaps all we […]
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“Underlying our glitzy modern consumer culture there is a deep spiritual undernourishment and malaise that manifests all kinds of symptoms: nervous disorders, loneliness, alienation, purposelessness So blanking out, running away, burying our heads in sand or videotape will take us nowhere in the long run. If we really want to solve our problems — and the world’s problems, for they stem […]
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“Religion is to be used as a stepping stone to God, but it must never be used as a tower to hold one aloft from others. We are all cells in the body of humanity. When anyone attempts to isolate another, they only isolate themselves more.” – Peace Pilgrim
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“When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing — nothing.” – Saint Francis of Assisi
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“He didn’t know exactly what to pray for; in which he was like most other people. For our real prayer, if we had the wits or the courage to formulate it, would be a general plea for everything to be all right forever.” – Angela Thirkell
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“Let it rain. Let it rain. Open the flood gates of Heaven, let it rain.” – Michael Smith
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“Where there is veneration, even a dog’s tooth emits light.” – Tibetan proverb
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