Wahre Geduld ist wie das Betreten von Glasscherben und das Ersticken deiner Schreie. Während du sitzt und die Stücke von deiner Haut entfernst, brennen Tränen in deinen Augen vor Schmerz, und du lächelst und sagst kein Wort.

The risen Christ continually suffers with all who suffer

na abhikrama naśo nāsti pratya-vayo 'pi dosha

Physically, it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. But on the level of consciousness, it was one of the most peaceful and even joyful experiences, as I felt the wisdom of the Gita lifting me above the agony of my body.

Death has nothing to do with us. For as long as we are, death is not there. And when death is there, we are no longer.

The person who receives the request for prayer is not like a doctor who asks: "What can I do?" Instead, they ask a rather different question: "What will the Holy Spirit do?"

Even in our crazy time and world, Jesus is still the best alternative. No matter what role in our life, but especially as our Saviour, as our friend.

We must take something from every suffering, whether it is the suffering of the body or the suffering of the mind.

However, a comfortable positive and optimistic mind does not get senile. Nevertheless excessive thinking, illusions and delusions and especially negative thinking can weaken the memory.

Religious knowledge can guide others only when it becomes visible in the behavior of the person who possesses it.

I have always believed that to be true. But I thought it referred to the one who has passed on. I could not understand how it applied to the one who was left behind. Now I understand.

The presentation is therefore rather transparent than suggestive and invites independent thought. That is certainly something one can say.

Our Shahids do not die egoistically to escape an uninhabitable world, but rather to leave behind, in their aftermath, the tools to build a more inhabitable world, to contribute to the unfolding of history in a more just direction.

In the face of current tendencies that attempt to redefine the value of human life in illness, suffering, and old age, the Grotto of Massabielle stands as a place of Christian hope.

Gravesites with secular messages are melancholic, they touch more deeply than religious invocations. Gravesites that make one reflect on individual transience.

Through our own grieving we give God permission to grieve. Through God's own grieving, God gives us the same.

The author of this book is still alive at the time of writing. This is the only biographical fact that really matters.

I believe it was clear to me from the very beginning that there was something in Kapeau's experience that resonated universally, that has a universal resonance.

Wasser ist ein Menschenrecht, nicht der Gewinn von Unternehmen. Schließe dich der globalen Bewegung an – unterschreibe die Petition heute.

Niemand sollte aufgrund seiner Geschlechtsidentität oder -ausdrucks schlechter behandelt oder in dem Moment, in dem er am meisten Schutz braucht, Angst oder Scham empfinden.

The difference between ordinary people and prophets is, however, that the concern of the prophets, in contrast to that of the general public, is never accompanied by despair. They feel no hopelessness. They harbour the unshakable certainty that God will never let them perish.

The only problem you have is that you do not make the four fundamental thoughts your own.

Whoever kills a man from the People of the Dhimma, he is an unbeliever, he is not a Muslim. Whoever kills a man from the People of the Dhimma will not find the scent of Paradise.

The teaching of Saint Longinus is that we can all become saints, no matter what we have done, if we repent of our sins and believe in Christ.