“Prayer is not a machine. It is not magic. It is not advice offered to God.”
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“Idleness and Pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments.”
“Most People dislike Vanity in others whatever Share they have of it themselves.”
“I think all the heretics I have known have been virtuous men.”
“He stood up and looked at me even as the seasons might look down upon the field, and He smiled.”
“I was taken by His voice and His gestures, not by the substance of His speech.”
“The absurd does not liberate; it binds. It does not authorize all actions.”
“God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves.”
“Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise.”
“The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is.”
“Truthful words are not fancy; fancy words are not truthful.”
“The good are not argumentative; the argumentative are not quite good.”
“The Tao of heaven benefits all beings without harming anyone.”
“Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not.”