If God loves me only half as much as my mother does

All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does,
he will not send me to Hell.
That is a final fact of my inner consciousness,
and for no religion could I deny its truth.
~ Lin Yutang

Man is a religious animal

Man is the religious animal.
He is the only religious animal.
He is the only animal that has the True Religion -— several of them.
He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself
and then cuts his neighbor's throat, if his theology isn't straight.
He has made a graveyard of the globe
while trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven.
~ Mark Twain

WHEN YOU TOUCH ONE THING

WHEN YOU TOUCH ONE THING
with deep awareness,
you touch everything.

-- Thich Nhat Hanh,
from "Touching Peace"