Brothers, be not afraid of men's sins, love man even in his sin, for that already bears the semblance of divine love and is the highest love on earth.
Love God's creation, the whole of it every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of God's light. Love the animals, love the plants, love every thing.
And if you love everything, you will percieve the divine mystery in things. And, once you have percieved it, you will begin to comprehend it ceaselessly more and more everyday.
And at last we will come to love the whole world with an abiding, universal love.
(Father Zossima, Brothers Karamazov)
I love Zossima. He's one of the best.
Posted by: Antony | January 23, 2007 at 06:56 PM
What a beautiful quote Ron! Thanks for posting this, I will save this one.
Blessings, Christine
Posted by: Abbey of the Arts | January 24, 2007 at 07:42 AM