An almost forgotten truth, even among some practising Christians, is that it's never the physical world, but only the spirit of the world that is evil. Therefore the soul must detach itself from the spirit of the world.
We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.
The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Fearlessness is a result of faith in oneself and faith in God.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.
Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.
The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat you. Believe that you now receive power from Him.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.
The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
