David Given Schwarm

The world is in a state of mortal sin, and it needs absolution. Useless platitudes and ‘regeneration,’ ‘the Constitution’ and ‘progress’ will not save us, even though we shout them louder and louder. We need a new word in our vocabulary, and that word is God.

The better we become, the less conscious we are of our goodness. If anyone admits to being a saint, he is close to being a devil…The more saintly we become, the less conscious we are of being holy. A child is cute as long as he does not know he is cute. As soon as…

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace without soul peace.