God laughs when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, ‘This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’
Devotion to God’s Name is my lamp; In this lamp is poured the oil of suffering. The light of realisation burns away this oil…Vast loads of firewood are reduced to ashes by a tiny spark of fire.
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
-Freeman Dyson
"The Meaning of Life"
To whom praise and blame are equal, who is silent, content with every fortune, home-renouncing, steadfast in mind, and worships Me, that person is dear to me.
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
-Voltaire
Lord, give us joy in our families, and make us models for the rest.
It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.
-Joseph Joubert
It is better to have God over your shoulder, than carry the world alone on your back.
-Anthony Liccione
The cycle of God, the good, is broken by a single act of negativity. The cycle of negativity is stopped by choosing the good.
Grant me, O God, strength and courage to restrain the desires of my heart, that I may be free to possess you, Amen.
-Jesus Christ
