Self Is The Root, The Tree, And

If Religion Commands Universal Charity, To Love Our Neighbors As Ourselves, To Forgive And Pray For All Our Enemies Without Any Reserve; It Is Because All Degrees Of Love Are Degrees Of Happiness, That Strengthen And Support The Divine Life Of The Soul, And Are As Necessary To Its Health And Happiness, As Proper Food Is Necessary To The Health And Happiness Of The Body.

What Can You Conceive More Silly And Extravagant Than To Suppose A Man Racking His Brains, And Studying Night And Day How To Fly? ... Wearying Himself With Climbing Upon Every Ascent, ... Bruising Himself With Continual Falls, And At Last Breaking His Neck? And All This, From An Imagination That It Would Be Glorious To Have The Eyes Of People Looking Up At Him, And Mighty Happy To Eat, And Drink, And Sleep, At The Top Of The Highest Trees In The Kingdom.

If You Attempt To Talk With A Dying Man About Sports Or Business, He Is No Longer Interested. He Now Sees Other Things As More Important. People Who Are Dying Recognize What We Often Forget, That We Are Standing On The Brink Of Another World.

This, And This Alone, Is Christianity, A Universal Holiness In Every Part Of Life, A Heavenly Wisdom In All Our Actions, Not Conforming To The Spirit And Temper Of The World But Turning All Worldly Enjoyments Into Means Of Piety And Devotion To God.

If Our Life Is Not A Course Of Humility, Self-denial, Renunciation Of The World, Poverty Of Spirit, And Heavenly Affection, We Do Not Live The Lives Of Christians.