Favorite Epigrams

Spirituality [is] the indicator of one’s nearness to God
and the measure of one’s usefulness to fellow beings. (100:2.4)

True religion is a meaningful way of living dynamically
face to face with the commonplace realities of everyday life. (99:4.3)

The transcendent goal of the children of time is to find the eternal God,
to comprehend the divine nature, to recognize the Universal Father. (1:0.3)

This sublime search for the God of universes is the supreme adventure
of the inhabitants of all the worlds of time and space. (1:0.6)

Material mind is the arena in which human personalities live, are self-conscious, make decisions,
choose God or forsake him, eternalize or destroy themselves. (111:1.3)

To see God—by faith—means to acquire true spiritual insight. (140:5.10)

Science, guided by wisdom, may become man’s great social liberator. (81:6.22)

The greatest affliction of the cosmos is never to have been afflicted.
Mortals only learn wisdom by experiencing tribulation. (48:7.14)

To enjoy privilege without abuse, to have liberty without license, to possess power and
steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement — these are the marks of high civilization. (48:7.8)

The true teacher maintains his intellectual integrity by ever remaining a learner. (130:3.7)

[Angels] influence you in every possible manner consistent with the dignity of your personality;
under no circumstances do these angels interfere with the free action of the human will. (113:5.1)

The angels develop an abiding affection for their human associates;
and you would, if you could only visualize the seraphim, develop a warm affection for them. (113:2.5)