“We have laws in our country that tell us not to murder or steal and we have police that enforce them. The question is whether you personally need the police to watch you. If they disappeared would you begin killing and thieving because you know no one will come after you, or will you carry on not doing it because it is what you actually believe is right?”
Source: From A To Theta: Taking The Tricky Subject Of Religion And Explaining Why It Makes Sense In A Way We Can All Understand
“The goodness you receive from God is a treasure for you to share with others.”
“I just mean that if we go through this thing and it changes us so much, you have to hope that it changes us for the better, right? If goodness can’t come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable.”
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
“A dream can be remarkable and alluring, that is why I chase it hoping that one day something good would happen!”
“Wherever there is abuse there is also corruption. Politics, philosophy, theology, science, industry, any field with the potential to affect the well-being of others can be destroyed by abuse and saved by good will.”
Source: Killosophy
“It is nice to be important, but it is very important for you to be nice to people”
“To be an adult who still believes in wonder and magic, despite all of the trauma, loss, and hardship, is to live with a kind of quiet courage and sense of hope”
Source: Amor Fati: An Incredible True Story of Survival, Hope & Healing
“I believe in love. I believe it transforms, transports, and transcends. I believe it fine-tunes goodness, solidifies strength, ripens resolve, eradicates rage, alleviates stress, and elevates empathy.”
“God's being good does not somehow magically make all Christians good.”
Source: From A To Theta: Taking The Tricky Subject Of Religion And Explaining Why It Makes Sense In A Way We Can All Understand
“Doing goodness creates shining; he who does goodness shines in the eyes and in the hearts of others!”