Like Buddha under the Bo tree, Jesus, on his tree, has his eyes closed too. The difference is this. The pain and sadness of the world that Buddha's eyes close out is the pain and sadness of the world that the eyes of Jesus close in.

You can survive on your own; you can grow strong on your own; you can prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.

Pray anyway. Who knows what God can do through your prayer?

Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are.

We have God's joy in our blood.

Go where your best prayers take you.

Many an atheist is a believer without knowing it juast as many a believer is an atheist without knowing it. You can sincerely believe there is no God and live as though there is. You can sincerely believe there is a God and live as though there isn't.