“My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.” SpiritualFatherParentCompassionPreparedAffectionSeedsSoilDedicationSelflessGuruSelfless Love Author:Radhanath Swami
“Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.” IfsMenMadeEarthLawFatherGivenNationsWhiteRaceBloodChangedBrokenEmptyRegardSeedsHungryChosenSpotsPenaltiesWhite ManCovenantCainOrdinancesHungry ManAfrican Race Author:Brigham Young
“Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the fathers and mothers of all wars. Evil does not relent; it must be defeated. And even when defeated, uprooted, and purified by fire, evil leaves behind a seed that will one day germinate and, in blooming, again be misunderstood.” PeopleBelieveHeartDoeWarDreamMotherEvilFatherDarkBehindsFireInspireOne DaySeedsDefeatedMisunderstoodBloomingMisplaced Book:Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel Source: Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel
“If anyone does not in accord with the Holy Fathers acknowledge the holy and ever virgin and immaculate Mary was really and truly the Mother of God, inasmuch as she, in the fullness of time,and without seed, conceived by the Holy Spirit, God in the Word Himself, who before all time was born of God the Father, and without loss of integrity brought Him forth, and after His birth preserved her virginity inviolate, let him be condemned.” IfsDoeSpiritMotherFatherBornReligiousLossBirthIntegrityHolySeedsAll TimeAcknowledgeHoly SpiritMaryVirginsFullnessAccordVirginityVirgin MaryImmaculate Author:Pope Martin I
“What a wonderful thing it is that drop of seed, from which we are produced, bears in itself the impressions, not only of the bodily shape, but of the thoughts and inclinations of our fathers!” ChildrenFatherWonderfulHuman NatureBearsShapesSeedsImpressionWonderful ThingsInclinationInheritanceOur Father Book:The Essays Source: The Essays
“The common notions that we find in credit around us and infused into our souls by our fathers' seed, these seem to be the universal and natural ones. Whence it comes to pass that what is off the hinges of custom, people believe to be off the hinges of reason.” PeopleBelieveSoulReasonSeemsFatherNaturalCommonUniversalNotionCreditSeedsCustomsOur FatherHinges Book:Essays Source: Essays