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How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans.
How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans.
From thee all human actions take their springs,
The rise of empires, and the fall of kings.
From thee all human actions take their springs,
The rise of empires, and the fall of kings.
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the read more
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar read more
I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.
Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It read more
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent read more
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.