“Absent in body, but present in spirit.”

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

In everything give thanks

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain

Hope does not disappoint.

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance.

Modesty is the key to success

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you – unless you actually fail the test?

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

For he who has died has been freed from sin…14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Far more gardens fail because the gardener is absent or not paying attention than because he or she lacks erudition. Yes, you need to know your ABCs [the basics], but the more you garden, the more you’ll learn what works and what doesn’t.

What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt?

When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless.

It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.

From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.

Absent significant regulatory or tax changes, and a sharp transition could be disruptive.

My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?

The transcendent aspect of the psychedelic experience is totally absent.