Jim Butcher Quotes

Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others-- even when there's not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Why does God endow us with compassion?

For me, life is about experience and being a good person.

For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?

We are constantly learning and growing and changing. We are really an experiment. We are endeavoring to discover if a community of faith can exist purely for the good of others.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!

Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy - it's serious business.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

I resolve in future to live for mankind, as I have heretofore lived for myself.

It is by doing good that we become good.

In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.

Learning to live for others isn't something that just comes naturally to anybody. You have to train yourself to do it.

I believe in God. I believe in doing the right thing. I believe in helping people if I can.

If I get to the end of my life, if I die, and I find out religion is one big lie, I still won't regret it because it's helped me to live a better life, to be a better person, to care about people, to believe in forgiveness, to believe in hope.

When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.