Jonathan Swift Quote – Just Enough Religion
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love each other.” – Jonathan Swift
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Francis Bacon Quote – Lead Us Back To God
“Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts lead us back to God.” – Francis Bacon
Read morePope Francis Quote – Contribution To The Church
“Dear young people. Make your generous and responsible contribution to the constant building up of the Church as a family, a place of dialogue and mutual acceptance, a space of peace, mercy and pardon.” – Pope Francis
Read moreGrant Us One More Hour
“Oh great creator of being, grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives.”
Read moreWilliam A. Meninger quote – Prayer
“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 […]
Read morePierre Teilhard de Chardin Quote – The Divine Assails Us
“By means of all created things, without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us, and molds us. We imagined it as distant and inaccessible, whereas in fact we live steeped in its burning layers.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Read morePope Francis Quote – Source of Our True Light
“In prayer you become one with the source of our true light, Jesus himself.” – Pope Francis
Read moreBuddha Quote – Happiness Never Decreases By Being Shared
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
Read moreJelaluddin Rumi Quote – I Then Looked Into My Heart
“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 […]
Read moreJohn Snelling quote – Suffering has its positive side
“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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