On human happiness and misery
Happiness We have some relationship with and are in need of most species. Our needs range into all parts of the universe, and our desires range as far as eternity. We desire a single flower…
A Living Machine
Man is a living machine who is grieved with thousands of different sorrows and receives pleasure in thousands of different ways, and despite his utter impotence has innumerable enemies, physical and spiritual, and despite his…
The Secrets Of Prayer
Prayer The First Sort of Supplication: This is the tongue of latent ability, through which all seeds and grains supplicate to the All-Wise Creator, saying: “Make us grow! Make our tiny truths sprout and transform…
Who is God? “And God is Powerful over all things”
He is One, He is Unique, He has power over everything. Nothing at all is difficult for Him. To create the spring is as easy for Him as to create a flower, and He creates…
If you are depressed or desperate?
Desperate? God is One. Do not wear yourself out having recourse to other things; do not demean yourself and feel indebted to them; do not flatter them and fawn on them and humiliate yourself; do…
Gratitude and Chairs
Gratitude Two poor people are going to a rich man's palace. One of them says, "If he accepts me and I get out of the cold outside, I'll be fine. Even if he gave me…
I love to praise… Because God is very worthy of praising!
Praise From our first to last breath, we are granted infinite grace and goodness. Everything competes to serve people. There is a constant race between creatures to be a part of a human being, the…
