God is the same everywhere.
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
There is no path to happiness: Happiness is the path.
We’ve had the goddam Ages of Faith, we’ve had the goddam Age of Reason. This is the Age of Publicity.
Zen mind is not Zen mind. Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind.
Music brought me closer to the idea of God.
Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.
When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells us, ‘How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.
To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.
Heaven and earth and I are of the same root, The ten-thousand things and I are of one substance.
No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.
We are desire. It is the essence of the human Soul, the secret of our existence. Absolutely nothing of human greatness is ever accomplished without it. Not a symphony has been written, a mountain climbed, an injustice fought, or a love sustained apart from desire. Desire fuels our search for the life we prize. – John Elderidge
If you are a Christian, you are in danger. If you decided to abandon your faith and become an atheist, you also are to be liquidated according to their concept. You are in danger if you decide to become a Muslim. It is not going to save you anyway because they believe traditional Islam is hostile to their goals.
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Being neededdoes not entail selfish pride or unhealthy attachment to the worldly esteem of others. Rather, it consists of a natural human hunger to serve our fellow men and women.
