Great thoughts & words

Subject: Re: Great thoughts & words Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:11 pm

Religion is the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or a set of beliefs concerning the origin and purpose of the universe.[1] It is commonly regarded as consisting of a person’s relation to God or to gods or spirits.[2] Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories associated with their deity or deities, that are intended to give meaning to life. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.

The word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system, but it is more than private belief and has a public aspect

Subject: Re: Great thoughts & words Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:16 pm

Practice patience; it is the essence of praise. Have patience, for that is true worship. No other worship is worth as much. Have patience; patience is the key to all relief.

Subject: Re: Great thoughts & words Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:21 pm

Everyone faces challenging times. Whether it’s job loss, illness or a general sense of discouragement, in tough times it can be hard to find the faith to keep going!!Keep the Faith!!!!!!!

Subject: Re: Great thoughts & words Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:39 pm

Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden.

Subject: Re: Great thoughts & words Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:46 pm

Very high, very grand, and very wise is the ocean of God, the Water of Life. You went after the form and were lead astray. How can you see it? You abandoned the truth. Sometimes it is named "tree," sometimes "sun," sometimes "ocean," sometimes "cloud," one thing from which scores of discoveries arise, its slightest definition an everlasting life.

Subject: Re: Great thoughts & words Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:07 pm

Most passport pictures are good likenesses, and it is time we faced it. ~Katharine Brush

Subject: Re: Great thoughts & words Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:08 pm

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist. ~Pablo Picasso