...there is no such thing as finding true happiness by searching for it directly. It must come, if it come at all, indirectly, or by the service, the love, and the happiness we give to others. Ralph Waldo Trine More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Trine More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Trine Man is the individualised expression or reflection of God imaged forth and made manifest in bodily form. How is it, then, I hear it asked, that man has the limitations that he has, that he is subject to fears and forebodings, that he is liable to sin and error, that he is the victim of disease and suffering? There is but one reason. He is not living, except in rare cases here and there, in the conscious realisation of his own true Being, and hence of his own true Self. Ralph Waldo Trine reflection faith men Individuals carry their success or failure with them. It does not depend on outside conditions. Ralph Waldo Trine success-or-failure individual doe If angels come not to minister us it is because we do not invite them, it is because we keep the door closed through which they might otherwise enter. Ralph Waldo Trine angel doors might The only limitations man has are the ones he sets for himself. Ralph Waldo Trine belief-in-self belief men And so it is true in this sense that there is essentially but one religion, the religion of the living God. For to live in the conscious realisation of the fact that God lives in us, is indeed the life of our life, and that in ourselves we have no independent life, and hence no power, is the one great fact of all true religion, even as it is the one great fact of human life. Religion, therefore, at its purest, and life at its truest, are essentially and necessarily one and the same. Ralph Waldo Trine oneness independent facts The life that goes out in love to all life is the life that is full, and rich, and continually expanding in beauty and in power. Ralph Waldo Trine rich life-is love Religion in its true sense is the most joyous thing the human soul can know, and when the real religion is realized, we will find it to be an agent of peace, of joy, and of happiness, and never an agent of gloomy, long-faced sadness. Ralph Waldo Trine sadness real long Within yourself lies the cause of whatever enters into your life. To come into full ralization of your own awakened interior powers is to be able to condition your life in exact accord with what you would have it. Ralph Waldo Trine able causes lying The great universe is filled with an abundance of all things, filled to overflowing. All there is, is in her, waiting only for the touch of the right forces to cast them forth. Ralph Waldo Trine abundance force waiting Opulence is the law of the universe, an abundant supply for every need if nothing is put in the way of its coming. Ralph Waldo Trine opulence law needs A mind always hopeful, confident, courageous, and determined on its set purpose, and keeping itself to that purpose, attracts to itself out of the elements things and powers favourable to that purpose. Ralph Waldo Trine hopeful purpose mind And so one may be without connection with any church, and even without connection with any established religion, and yet be in spirit, hence in reality, a much truer Christian than hosts of those who profess to be His most ardent followers, as indeed Jesus Himself so many times says. "By their fruits ye shall know them," said He. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Ralph Waldo Trine christian father jesus He alone fails who gives up and lies down. Ralph Waldo Trine giving-up giving lying For true worship, only God and the human soul are necessary. It does not depend upon times, or seasons, or occasions. Anywhere and at any time God and person in the bush may meet. Ralph Waldo Trine soul doe may We need changes from the duties and the cares of our accustomed everyday life. They are necessary for healthy, normal living. We need occasionally to be away from our friends, our relatives, from the members of our immediate households. Such changes are good for us; they are good for them. We appreciate them better, they us, when we are away from them for a period, or they us. Ralph Waldo Trine appreciate healthy change True beauty must come, must be grown, from within. Ralph Waldo Trine true-beauty beauty Rowing against the tide is hard and uncertain. To go with the tide and thus take advantage of the workings of the great natural force is safe and easy. Ralph Waldo Trine tides acceptance safe The moment we fully and vitally realise who and what we are, we then begin to build our own World even as God builds his. Ralph Waldo Trine realising moments world
