David Given Schwarm

Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every microcosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of individuals.

The worldly are willing to let anyone believe in God if he pleases, but only on the condition that a belief in God will mean no more than believing in anything else. They allow God, provided that God does not matter. But taking God seriously is precisely what makes the saint.

Those who think they are healthy but have a hidden moral cancer are incurable; the sick who want to be healed has a chance. All denial of guilt keeps people out of the area of love and, by inducing self-righteousness, prevents a cure. The two facts of healing in the physical order are these: A…

The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will either ask for his mercy and find peace, or it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness. Thus He will separate the good from the bad, the wheat from the…