Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.

I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within

No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some part of him which remains hidden even from his own spirit; but you, Lord, know everything about a human being because you have made him...Let me, then, confess what I know about myself, and confess too what I do not know, because what I know of myself I know only because you shed light on me, and what I do not know I shall remain ignorant about until my darkness becomes like bright noon before your face.

I believe in order to understand

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.

Moreover, from the time when He said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven;' and again, 'He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it; ' no one becomes a member of Christ except it be either by baptism in Christ, or death for Christ.