For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
God created man incorruptible, and made him in the image of his own nature, but through the devil’s envy, death came into the world.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Everything is the Supreme Being, which is existence-consciousness-bliss. I am That. By constantly cultivating this pure thought, get rid of impure thoughts.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
The worthy person is grateful and mindful of benefits done to him. This gratitude, this mindfulness, is congenial to the best people.
Everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if is received with thanksgiving: for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.