Thomas Lynch Quotes

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

I, for one, am profoundly grateful to feel the hand of God at work in my life. But at the beginning and end of the day, when my default setting is to show kindness and love to others, I never regret it. And to me, that is what faith is all about.

My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmastime fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

I'm not going to tell you to meditate on what Christmas really means and be thankful.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

We're raising our girls to understand the real meaning of Christmas, and to know that it's most important to have Christmas in your heart. We go to our local mall and donate toys, and we say prayers for all the people in the world who might not be as lucky as we are.

Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding.

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

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

I wanted to write a commentary on the Bible, to write about the Talmud, about celebration, about the great eternal subjects: love and happiness.

The noblest art is that of making others happy.

When we are truly praying, then we can begin to see Christ in our neighbour; when we are really praying, we can begin to live for the Father.