They said to him, “Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you.” He said to them, “You examine the face of heaven and earth, but you have not come to know the one who is in your presence, and you do not know how to examine this moment.” Gospel of Thomas
Gospel of Thomas – “When will the kingdom come?…”
Jesus’ followers asked him, “When will the kingdom come?” He answered, “It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘Look, there it is.’ Rather, the father’s kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it.” Gospel of Thomas
Gospel of Thomas – “Bring forth that which is within you…”
If you bring forth that which is within you, that which is within you will save you. If you fail to bring forth that which is within you, that which is within you will kill you. Gospel of Thomas
Gospel of Thomas – “When you know yourselves, then you will be known…”
When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you dwell in poverty, and you are poverty. Gospel of Thomas
Gospel of Thomas – “Whosoever knoweth himself shall find…”
The kingdom of Heaven is within you, and whosoever knoweth himself shall find it. Gospel of Thomas
Saint Francis de Sales Quote – “Receiving great comfort…”
I never think upon eternity without receiving great comfort. For I say to myself, “How could my soul grasp the idea of everylastingness, if the two were not related in some way?” Saint Francis de Sales (1567 – 1622)
Saint Francis of Assisi Quote – “You cannot wander anywhere…”
You cannot wander anywhere that will not aid you. Anything you can touch, God brought it into the classroom of your mind. Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226)
Saint Francis of Assisi Quote – “What you are looking for…”
What you are looking for is what is looking. Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote – “Nature is always a unity…”
Whatever Nature undertakes, she can only accomplish it in a sequence. She never makes a leap. For example, she could not produce a horse if it were not preceded by all the other animals on which she ascends to the horse’s structure as if on the rungs of a ladder. Thus every one thing exists for the sake of all […]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote – “Life belongs to the living…”
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)