David Given Schwarm

Fasting detaches you from this world. Prayer reattaches you to the next world.

A man without God is not like a cake without raisins; he is like a cake without the flour and milk; he lacks the essential ingredients.

Joy is the happiness of love–love aware of its own inner happiness. Pleasure comes from without, and joy comes from within, and it is, therefore, within reach of everyone in the world.

God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.