The basis of world

The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. \”Love thy neighbor as thyself.\” Christ, some of the other great Jewish teachers, Buddha, all preached it. Their followers forgot it. What is the trouble between capital and labor, what is the trouble in many of … Read more

Anti-theses.- The most senile

Anti-theses.- The most senile thing ever thought about man is contained in the celebrated saying ‘the ego is always hateful’; the most childish is the even more celebrated ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’. – In the former, knowledge of human nature has ceased, in the latter it has not yet even begun. Friedrich Nietzsche

We are not taught

We are not taught love thy neighbor unless their skin is a different color from yours or love thy neighbor unless they don’t make money as you do or love thy neighbor unless they don’t share your belies. We are taught love thy neighbor. No exceptions. We are all in this together – every single … Read more

Every single human being

Every single human being is trying his best. We’re all doing the best we can. But when we believe what we think, we have to live out those thoughts. When there’s chaos in our heads, there’s chaos in our lives. When there’s hurt in our thinking, there’s hurt in our lives. Love thy neighbor as … Read more

I am convinced that

I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: “Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical … Read more

Christ said Thou shalt

Christ said “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” and when asked “who is thy neighbour? went on to the parable of the Good Samaritan. If you wish to understand this parable as it was understood by his hearers, you should substitute “Germans and Japanese” for Samaritan. I fear my modern day Christians would resent … Read more