“When a child who has been conceived in love is born to a man and a woman, the joy of that birth sings throughout the universe. The joy of writing or painting is much the same, and the insemination comes not from the artist himself but from his relationship with those he loves, with the whole world. All real art is, in its true sense, religious; it is a religious impulse; there is not such thing as a non-religious subject.” MenWorldWritingChildrenHas BeensArtRealWholeJoyArtistUniverseBornReligiousLove IsSubjectsPaintingBirthArt IsWhole WorldImpulseNon Religious Author:Madeleine L'Engle
“For most people, love is a response to need fulfillment. Everyone has needs. You need this, another needs that. You both see in each other a chance for need fulfillment. So you agree-tacitly-to a trade. I'll trade you what I've got if you'll give me what you've got. It's a transaction. But you don't tell the truth about it. You don't say, "I trade you very much." You say, "I love you very much," and then the disappointment begins.” PeopleIfsInspirationalNeedsGivingReligiousChanceLove IsLove YouGive MeAgreeTradeResponseDisappointmentFulfillmentTelling The TruthNeed YouTransactionsSay I Love YouI Love You Very Much Book:Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“Faith is like love, it cannot be forced. Therefore it is a dangerous operation if an attempt be made to introduce or bind it by state regulations; for, as the attempt to force love begets hatred, so also to compel religious belief produces rank unbelief.” IfsLoveMadeStatesBeliefForceReligiousLove IsDangerousProduceHatredOperationsRegulationIntroducingBegetsReligious BeliefUnbeliefLike Love Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“When the soul knows the love of God by the Holy Spirit, then he clearly feels that the Lord is our own Father, the closest, dearest Father, the best. And there is not greater happiness that to love God with all the mind and heart, and our neighbor as ourself. And when this love is in the soul, then all things bring joy to the soul.” KnowsInspirationalFeelsMindHeartSoulChristianJoySpiritFatherReligiousLove IsLordGreaterHolyAll ThingsNeighborGod LoveHoly SpiritOrthodoxClosestHeart And Mind Author:Silouan the Athonite