I cannot think that when God sent us into the world, he had irreversibly decreed that we should be perpetually miserable in it. If our taking up the Cross imply our bidding adieu to all joy and satisfaction, how is it reconcilable with what Solomon expressly affirms of religion, that 'her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace?'
Copy QuoteI would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
Copy Quote View & ShareWithin the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Copy Quote View & ShareHuman beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
Copy Quote View & ShareGod is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
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