In the divine milieu, all the elements of the universe touch each other by that which is most inward and ultimate in them. There they concentrate, little by little, all that is purest and most attractive in them without loss and without danger of subsequent corruption.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.

If God can’t get you to obey Him concerning your money, he won’t get to anything else you got.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Modern science says: ‚The sun is the past, the earth is the present, the moon is the future.‘ From an incandescent mass we have originated, and into a frozen mass we shall turn. Merciless is the law of nature, and rapidly and irresistibly we are drawn to our doom.

Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

God wants to bless us where we are.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

There are two great forces, God’s force of good and the devil’s force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don’t understand.

I didn’t want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, ‚Why did you do that?‘ This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.

Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.

The ‚soul‘ is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.

We are often attracted to the wrong things, whether it be money, fame, or approval.

Humans are amphibians – half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.

New York is definitely ready for the word of God.

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that’s all. So we direct our values to material things.

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

In my studio, it is unkempt and unattractive. Once I’m in my work, I don’t notice where I am.

We’re not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.

There is a power in God’s gospel beyond all description.

Sometimes I think we’re alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we’re not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

He who doesn’t pray to the Lord prays to the devil.

Don’t matter how much money you got, there’s only two kinds of people: there’s saved people and there’s lost people.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

Let man live at a distance from God, and the universe remains neutral or hostile to him. But let man believe in God, and immediately all around him the elements, even the irksome, of the inevitable organize themselves into a friendly whole, ordered to the ultimate success of life.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

If you’ve lost your spirit, even living in the richest country in the world can’t help you become rich.

One of life’s terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they’re doing.

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

What I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.

Our inquiring friends and neighbors not of our faith can also catch the wave. We encourage them to keep all that is good and true in their lives. And we invite them to receive more, especially the glorious truth that through God’s eternal plan, families can be together forever.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

I dream of a church that is a mother and shepherdess.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

God never promised us a trouble-free life.

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it’s perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

More people should read books. It’s the most concentrated experience you can have.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can’t stand the suffering anymore.

There are many levels of Christianity. There are many notions about God. To believe that God is a person is just one of the notions of God that you can find in Christianity. So, we should not say that there is one Christianity. There are many Christianities.

Life isn’t fair, but God is.

Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?… It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.

From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation… even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them.