Plutarch Quotes

Beelzebub is the isolated part of the human being. This part or this real human being has been obscured by religious structures.

The way you become divine is to become wholly human.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

The mystery of being human and, certainly, of being a Catholic lies in our embracing together the imperfect state known as the human condition. First and foremost, if we could ever be perfect or do things perfectly, we would eliminate mystery, an essential ingredient in the good life and the spiritual life.

You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.

A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

We have long struggles with ourself, of which the outcome is one of our actions; they are, as it were, the inner side of human nature. This inner side is God's; the outer side belongs to men.

Look for your brushes with the divine. Be receptive to them. When heaven knocks, open the door. Value these visits. Remember them. Expect more of them.

Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore

Faith is not a means to something further. It is not something we do in order to get to heaven. Faith is its own end. To have faith is already to have come alive.

We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.

We cannot make a heaven on earth, though we may make a hell.

Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.

Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.

Seeing & savoring Jesus Christ is the most important seeing and savoring you'll ever do.

You are connected to God.You are enjoying every single day you have.Then, the growth of you - and your store, if you have one - will take care of themselves.

Prayer is the breath of the new creature.

You are as close to God as you choose to be.

Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God - truly know Him - is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him.

Sex touches the heavens only when it simultaneously touches the gutter and the mud.

Man is not to be comprehended as a starting-point, or progress as a goal, without those two great forces , Faith and Love . Prayer is sublime.