An individual drop can be merged with the ocean, and still remain meaningful. He has found his “place.” Alauddin Al-Attar (circa 1119 – 1185)
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq Quote – “Glory be to God who has not given to his creatures any way to attain knowledge…”
Glory be to God who has not given to his creatures any way to attain knowledge of Him except by means of their helplessness and hopelessness of ever reaching such attainment. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (circa 573 – 634), Islam
Father Pedro Arrupe Quote – “Nothing is more practical than finding God…”
Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, […]
Thomas Aquinas Quote – “All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust…”
All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)
Thomas Aquinas Quote – “Therefore, if God’s essence is to be seen at all…”
Therefore, if God’s essence is to be seen at all, it must be that the intellect sees it through the divine essence itself… so that in that vision the divine essence is both the object and the medium of vision. Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)
Athanasius of Alexandria Quote – “Let none of us entertain the desire for possessions, for what gain is it…”
Let none of us entertain the desire for possessions, for what gain is it to acquire those things which we cannot take with us? Why not rather acquire those that we can take: prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude, understanding, charity, love of the poor, faith in Christ, goodness, hospitality? If we obtain these, we shall find them there before us preparing […]
Anonymous Saying – “It is an extraordinary fact and an extraordinary piece of evidence for the truth of religion…”
It is an extraordinary fact and an extraordinary piece of evidence for the truth of religion, that a person’s long hours spent in silent communication with God, who never directly answers, is nevertheless manifestly a two-way communication. Such a person is gradually and permanently altered in the depths of his personality in ways which would be inconceivable if there was […]
Anonymous Saying – “The thing about our choices is that after we have made them…”
The thing about our choices is that after we have made them, they turn around and make us. Anonymous
Saint Ambrose Quote – “In yourself lies the sweetness of your charm, from you does it blossom…”
In yourself lies the sweetness of your charm, from you does it blossom, in you it sojourns, within you it rests, in your own self you must search for the jubilant quality of your conscience. For that reason Solomon says, “Drink water out of your own cistern and the streams out of your own well.” Saint Ambrose (337 – 397)
James Allen Quote – “If a man would find the Key of Knowledge, let him find himself…”
If a man would find the Key of Knowledge, let him find himself. James Allen (1864 – 1912)