If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
-Saint Francis of Assisi "St. Francis of Assisi"
If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
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.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
-Swami Vivekananda
The sincere devotee loves God deeply whether he is non-active and silently meditating on God, or in the midst of a whirl of outer activities.
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.
Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
God loveth those who are pure. No one is more loved than one of purity and immaculate cleanliness.
To you I’m an atheist. To God I’m the loyal opposition.
-Woody Allen
God Himself told me that the most basic and central truth of the universe is that God is the Father and we are His children. We are all created as children of God.
God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.
-Joseph Roux
"Meditations of a Parish Priest”"