David Given Schwarm

Each instinct and passion of man is amoral; it is only the abuse of these passions that makes them wrong. There is nothing wrong about hunger, but there is something wrong about gluttony; there is no sin in thirst, but there is a sin in drunkenness; there is nothing wrong with a man who seeks…

Imagine a large circle and in the center of it rays of light that spread out to the circumference. The light in the center is God, each of us is a ray. The closer the rays are to the center, the closer the rays one to one another. The closer we live to God, the…

Truth must be sought at all costs, but separate isolated truths will not do. Truth is like life; it has to be taken on its entirely or not at all…We must welcome truth even if it reproaches and inconveniences us–even if it appears in the place where we thought it could not be found.

The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble, his blessings.