For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion overriding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.
Come behold this world, which is like unto an ornamented royal chariot, wherein fools flounder, but for the wise there in no attachment.
He is not obtained by mouthing mere words, but by rooting out ego from within.
God loveth those who are pure. No one is more loved than one of purity and immaculate cleanliness.
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
