“A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person.” IfsInspirationalLooksPersonsDoeExistenceGayRejectsLgbtHomosexualityApprovedProvocative Author:Pope Francis
“Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.” LooksPersonsDoeExistenceGayMercyRejectsHomosexualityAccompanyApproved Author:Pope Francis
“When some incident has shattered the career you’ve mapped out for yourself, a folly, a crime or a misfortune, you mustn’t think you’re down and out. It may be a stroke of luck, and when you look back years later you may say to yourself that you wouldn’t for anything in the world exchange the new life disaster has forced upon you for the dull, humdrum existence you would have led if circumstances hadn’t intervened.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsLooksMayExistenceCareersCrimeCircumstancesDown AndLuckDisasterDullFollyMisfortunesStrokesNew LifeIncidentsShatteredHumdrum Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you one thing, I am not frightened of my beliefs. If there is a God who is threatening me with damnation because I don't believe in Him, so be it. I've lived my life in conscience, and I will suffer damnation willingly in conscience against a tyrannical God who would damn me because, on the basis of the intelligence He gave me, I have come to a conclusion doubting His existence, and I will continue to be a skeptic all of my life.” IfsKnowsBelieveLooksSufferingBeliefExistenceDoubtOne ThingConscienceBasesDon't BelieveConclusionDamnFrightenedThreateningSkepticDamnationGod ExistsIf There Is A GodWhether God Exists Author:Alan Dershowitz
“What does God really look like stripped naked? That's the province of enlightenment...the formless, perfect face of existence.” LooksDoeGodFacesPerfectExistenceEnlightenmentNakedProvincesPerfect Face Author:Frederick Lenz
“If we look further, we see that we actually contain all of existence. Everyone who has ever been or will ever be, is in some way contained in our awareness. Our awareness is like the sky, it's endless.” IfsWayLooksExistenceSkyAwarenessYogaKarmaEndlessKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once changed will never exist again in the infinite duration of time. But thou, in what a brief space of time is thy existence? And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way?” IfsWayHumansLooksArtSpaceExistenceChangedInfiniteSmokeOrderlyDurationShort Time Book:The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Source: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
“Winter has arrived in North London. Snow has settled. The white snow looks beautiful and covers everything my eyes can see, yet beneath the incomprehensible beauty, the snow freezes greenery which struggles to breathe. Green leaves freeze from existence as children scream go faster to fathers who push them along in upside down bin lids, as they make the most of their schools being closed.” LooksChildrenEyeSchoolBeautifulFatherWhiteExistenceStruggleGreenWinterBreatheLondonSnowFasterScreamFreezeUpside DownGreeneryGreen Leaves Author:Craig Stone
“This is the pleasantest part of life. Oblivion throws her light coverlet over our infancy; and, soon after we are out of the cradle we forget how soundly we had been slumbering, and how delightful were our dreams. Toil and pleasure contend for us almost the instant we rise from it: and weariness follows whichever has carried us away. We stop awhile, look around us, wonder to find we have completed the circle of existence, fold our arms, and fall asleep again.” LooksDreamLightFallForgetPleasureExistenceWonderArmsCirclesInstantToilDelightfulOur DreamsOblivionFoldsCradleParts Of LifeInfancyWeariness Book:Pericles and Aspasia Source: Pericles and Aspasia