Lorenzo Snow Quotes

We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

Christianity is sustained by the knowledge that the object of man's life on earth is his development as an eternal being. Therefore, none of his expressions of life can be an end in itself, but must serve a higher purpose than the earthly life and happiness of the individual - or even than that of the race.

The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment.

To love what is below the human is degradation; to love what is human for the sake of the human is mediocrity; to love the human for the sake of the Divine is enriching; to love the Divine for its own sake is sanctity.

We shall find that the spheres God brings us into are not meant to teach us something but to make us something.

He who climbs above the cares of this world, and turns his face to his God, has found the sunny side of life.

Prayer immediately turns us into something greater than ourselves.

Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.

Human relationships are the perfect tool for sanding away our rough edges and getting at the core of divinity within us.

The more we can be raised above the petty vexations and pleasures of this world into the eternal life to come, the more shall we be prepared to enter into that eternal life whenever God shall please to call us hence.

To pray is to mount on eagle's wings above the clouds and get into the clear heaven where God dwelleth.

The spiritual life of individuals has to be extended both vertically to God and horizontally to other souls; and the more it grows in both directions, the less merely individual and therefore more truly personal it will become.

...the more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees.

The salvation of man does not lie in his holding himself far removed from the worldly, but in consecrating it to holy, to divine meaning.

Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.

I come not to entertain you with worldly festivities but to arouse your sleeping memory of immortality.

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity. You are never too young to learn, never too old to change. Your yearnings to learn and change come from a divinely instilled striving for eternal progression. Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

Success is the continuing achievement of becoming the person God wants you to be and accomplishing the goals God has helped you set.

Relationships are the Holy Spirit's laboratories in which He brings together people who have the maximal opportunity for mutual growth.

Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God, - purity apprehends and tastes Him.

Faith induces one to pray.Prayer purifies the heart.In the purified heart is reflected the light of Lord.When the Light sighns the mortal becomes immortal.

In the university of God, however brilliant you may be, you will not be given double promotion. You must take every course, because each course serves a purpose.

The more difficult it is to forgive someone the greater the opportunity for spiritual growth.

Any ritual is an opportunity for transformation.

Relationships are our primary teacher. They are the context in which we either grow into God consciousness, or deny ourselves and others the opportunity to do so.