“The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.”

Baha’i Faith

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“Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.”  Goethe

“He who does not worship God cannot be happy even in this world.  What, then, can he expect from any other?”  Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita

According to Jesus:

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

“Fame is proof that people are gullible.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A man with a terrible voice was reciting the Qu’ran.  A religious man who was passing by said: ‘What is your salary?’

‘Nothing,’ the reciter said.

‘Why do you then give yourself all this trouble?’

‘No trouble.  I do it for God’s sake.’

‘For God’s sake don’t do it!’   from Sa’di

“To neglect wisdom will lead to failure in life.  The teachings of all religions should center here, for without wisdom there is no reason.  This truth is not for the hermit alone; it concerns every human being, priest and layman alike.”  Buddha

“In the Name of God.  I praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds and those that are to be thought, spoken, and done. I do accept all good thoughts, good words, and good deeds. I do renounce all evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.”  Zoroaster, Avesta 1:4

“Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overchanged with surfeiting (indulgence of the appetite or senses), and drunkeness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.” Jesus, g. St. Luke

“It is when a man is alone, away from the influence of other men and their acts, that he can work on himself.  It is in solitude that he must correct his thoughts, driving out the bad and stimulating the good.”  Leo Tolstoy