Quotes about "Faith & Spirituality"

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! ”

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change. ”

If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation. ”

While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and when that is not possible to let the noise of the thoughts be the sacred symbol for a while, without analyzing them. ”

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will. ”

I've reached a point where I feel the only asset I have confidence in is gold. ”

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. ”

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ”

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. ”

The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them. ”